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GIFT  OF 


LIBRARY  OF  CONGRESS 


HANDBOOK 


OF 


THE  LIBRARIES   IN  THE 
DISTRICT  OF  COLUMBIA 


Compiled  by 
H.  H.   B.  MEYER,  Chief  Bibliographer 

D.  C.  LIBRARY 


LIBRARY  OF  CONGRESS 


HANDBOOK 

OF 

THE  LIBRARIES   IN  THE 
DISTRICT  OF  COLUiMBIA 


Compiled  by 

H.  H.  B.  MEYER,  Chief  Bibliographer 

in  cooperation  with  the 

D.  C.  LIBRARY  ASSOCIATION 


WASHINGTON 

GOVERNMENT  PRINTING  OFFICE 
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PREFATORY  NOTE 

IN  1897  the  District  of  Columbia  Library  Association  published 
a  small  handbook  of  the  libraries  in  the  District,  and  in  1898  a 
supplement  thereto.  In  1910  a  new  edition  was  proposed,  and  a 
committee  (consisting  of  Miss  Claribel  A.  Barnett,  Mr.  Willard  O. 
Waters,  with  Mr.  H.  H.  B.  Meyer  as  chairman)  was  appointed  to 
compile  it.  This  committee  did  some  preliminary  work  in  formu- 
lating a  plan  of  procedure,  enlarging  the  list  of  libraries,  and  pre- 
paring a  blank  form  for  statistics,  etc.  Pressure  of  official  duties 
prevented  the  work  from  going  further. 

Upon  the  announcement  of  the  meeting  of  the  American  Library 
Association  in  Washington  this  year,  it  became  obvious  that  such 
a  handbook,  in  a  revised  edition,  would  be  a  convenience  to  the 
delegates.  It  was  determined,  therefore,  to  complete  the  data,  so 
far  as  this  proved  possible  within  the  limited  time  available,  and 
to  issue  the  new  edition,  even  if  imperfect. 

Upon  the  chairman  of  the  committee,  as  in  the  best  position  to 
expedite  the  undertaking,  the  responsibility  then  fell;  and  as  he 
is  the  Chief  Bibliographer  of  the  Library  of  Congress,  the  publi- 
cation itself  has  been  undertaken  by  this  Library — which  in  any 
event  would  have  been  appropriate. 

For  the  reasons  explained  above,  as  a  statement  it  is  doubtless 
lacking  both  in  completeness  and  accuracy  of  detail.  There  has 
not  been  time  even  to  submit  the  items  for  revision  to  the  various 
libraries  described .  It  may  be  perfected  in  a  later  edition .  In  the 
meantime,  it  may  prove  serviceable  as  it  stands. 

H.  H.  B.  MEYER 
Chief  Bibliographer ,  Library  of  Congress 

Chairman  Committee  of  District  of 

Columbia  Library  Association 


HANDBOOK 

Academy  of  the  Holy  Cross.  Dumbarton  Heights,  Upton  St. 
near  Conn.  Ave.  NW.  The  library  is  under  the  direction  of  the 
Sister  Superior.  i 

REGULATIONS. — Open  during  the  sessions  of  the  school  the  year  round.  Many 
of^the  books  are  placed  hi  the  various  class  rooms  where  needed,  but  all  are  for  the 
use  of  the  teachers  and  students.  The  reference  books  are  kept  in  the  general 
library  with  some  one  in  attendance  from  3  p.  m  .-5  p.  m.  Does  not  engage  in 
interhbrary  loans. 

RESOURCES. — 5,000  vols.  Average  yearly  growth  100  vols.  There  are  special 
collections  of  music,  art,  and  pedagogical  works.  Fourteen  of  the  leading  maga- 
zines.are  subscribed  for,  of  which  four  are  Catholic.  Card  catalogue. 

Academy  of  the  Sacred  Heart  of  Mary.  See  St.  Thomas  Aqui- 
nas' Library,  Academy  of  the  Sacred  Heart  of  Mary. 

Agriculture,  Library  of  the  Department  of  (U.  S.),  new  building, 
The  Mall,  izth  and  B  Sts.  SW.  East  wing,  ground  floor.  Miss 
Claribel  R.  Barnett,  librarian.  2 

BUREAU  LIBRARIES. — The  following  bureaus  and  offices  of  the  depart- 
ment, with  the  exception  of  the  Weather  Bureau  library,  are  administered 
as  branches  of  the  department  library.  In  them  are  shelved  about  one- 
third  of  the  library's  collections,  the  books,  however,  being  catalogued  and 
charged  in  the  main  library.  Several  of  the  bureaus  maintain  special 
indexes  of  subjects  pertaining  to  their  work. 

Biological  Survey,  Bureau  of.  Department  of  Agriculture  Grounds,  The 
Mall.  Mr.  Wm.  H.  Cheesman,  Editor  and  Librarian. 

Chemistry,  Bureau  of,  216  isth  St.  SW.    Miss  Anne  E.  Draper,  librarian. 

Dairy  Division,  new  building.  The  Mall,  izth  and  B  Sts.  SW.,  west  wing, 
fourth  floor.  Miss  Margaret  Doonan,  librarian. 

Entomology,  Bureau  of,  Department  of  Agriculture  Grounds,  The  Mall. 
Miss  Mabel  Colcord.  librarian. 

Experiment  Stations,  Office  of,  220  i4th  St.  SW.  Miss  E.  Lucy  Ogden , 
librarian. 

Farm  Management,  Office  of,  224  i2th  St.  SW.  Room  205.  Miss  Cora  L. 
Feldkamp,  librarian. 

Forest  service,  930  P  St.  NW.    Miss  Helen  E.  Stockbridge,  librarian. 

Markets,  Office  of,  new  building.  The  Mall,  I4th  and  B  Sts.  SW.,  west 
whig,  fourth  floor.  Miss  Caroline  B.  Sherman,  librarian. 

Plant  Industry,  Bureau  of,  new  building.  The  Mall,  i4th  and  B  Sts.  SW., 
west  wing,  first  floor.  Miss  Eunice  R.  Oberly,  librarian.  The  bureau 
maintains  a  union  catalogue  of  botanical  and  horticultural  literature, 
including  nearly  all  the  works  on  these  subjects  in  the  libraries  of  the  Dis- 
trict of  Columbia. 

Roads,  Office  of  Public,  202  i4th  St.  SW.    Mr.  Wm.  W.  Sniffin,  librarian. 

Statistics,  Bureau  of,  main  building,  Department  of  Agriculture  grounds. 
The  Mall,  second  floor.  Miss  Louise  Hayward.  librarian. 

Weather  Bureau.    See  Weather  Bureau  Library- 


6  LIBRARY   OF   CONGRESS 

HISTORY. — The  library  dates  practically  from  1862,  when  the  Department  of 
Agriculture  was  established.  It  was  reorganized  in  1893. 

REGULATIONS. — Open  9  a.  m.-4.3<j  p.  m.  daily  except  Sundays  and  holidays  (the 
same  for  the  bureau  libraries).  The  library  is  primarily  intended  for  use  in  the 
work  of  the  department,  but  is  free  to  the  public  for  reference.  It  engages  quite 
extensively  in  interlibrary  loans,  lending  especially  to  the  State  agricultural  col- 
leges and  experiment  stations.  In  the  fiscal  year  1913  it  lent  826  books  and 
periodicals  to  libraries  and  individuals  outside  of  the  city. 

RESOURCES. — About  131,000  vols.  and  pamphlets.  Growth  last  year  9,574  vols. 
and  pamphlets.  Its  collections  are  strong  in  agriculture  in  all  its  branches,  for- 
estry, botany,  applied  chemistry,  pharmacy,  foods,  agricultural  statistics,  ento- 
mology, especially  economic  entomology,  ornithology,  mammalogy,  hunting,  and 
game  preservation.  It  has  many  valuable  sets  of  periodical  and  society  publica- 
tions and  receives  currently  about  2,000  periodicals. 

There  is  a  dictionary  catalogue  containing  about  290,000  cards.  It  prepares 
cards  for  its  accessions  and  for  the  department  publications,  which  cards  are 
printed  and  distributed  by  the  Library  of  Congress.  Up  to  July,  1913,  it  pub- 
lished a  monthly  (formerly  quarterly)  bulletin  of  its  accessions. 

PUBLICATIONS. — The  library  has  issued  the  following  special  publications: 

References  to  the  literature  of  the  sugar  beet,  exclusive  of  works  in  foreign 
languages.  9  p.  1897.  (Bulletin  16.) 

Bibliography  of  poultry.    32  p.     1897.    (Bulletin  18.) 

Reference  list  of  publications  relating  to  edible  and  poisonous  mushrooms.  16  p. 
1898.  (Bulletin  20.) 

Catalogue  of  the  periodicals  and  other  serial  publications  (exclusive  of  U.  S. 
Government  publications)  in  the  library.  362  p.  1901.  (Bulletin  37.) 

Supplement.    217  p.     1907.    (Bulletin  37,  supplement.) 

List  of  references  relating  to  irrigation  and  land  drainage.  181  p.  1902.  (Bul- 
letin 41.) 

Catalogue  of  the  publications  relating  to  botany  in  the  library.  242  p.  1902. 
(Bulletin  42.) 

Catalogue  of  the  publications  relating  to  entomology  in  the  library.  562  p.  1906. 
(Bulletin  55.) 

List  of  periodicals  currently  received  in  the  library.     72  p.    1909.    (Bulletin  75.) 

Catalogue  of  the  publications  relating  to  forestry  in  the  library.  302  p.  1912. 
(Bulletin  76.) 

American  Ethnology,  Bureau  of  (U.  S.),  Smithsonian  Institution, 
B  St.  opposite  loth  St.  NW.  Miss  Ella  Leary,  librarian.  3 

REGULATIONS. — Open  9  a.  m.-4.3o  p.  m.  daily  except  Sundays  and  holidays. 
Reference  library  for  the  use  of  the  bureau  staff;  privileges  are  extended  to  other 
readers.  Engages  in  interlibrary  loans. 

RESOURCES. — 19,009  vols.,  12,700  pamphlets,  making  a  total  of  31,709.  Maps 
about  200,  manuscripts  1,706.  There  were  added  during  the  fiscal  year  ending 
June  30,  1913,  562  vols.,  244  pamphlets.  Scientific  periodicals  and  proceedings  of 
learned  societies  are  currently  received.  The  library  makes  a  specialty  of  anthro- 
pology and  particularly  books  pertaining  to  the  American  aborigines.  Card 
catalogue. 


LIBRARIES   IN  THE   DISTRICT  OF   COLUMBIA         7 

American  Federation  of  Labor,  801-809  G  St.  NW.  Frank 
Morrison,  secretary.  4 

The  library  at  present  consists  of  several  thousand  volumes,  of  lepuits.  official 
documents,  trade  magazines,  etc.,  both  bound  and  unbound,  which  have  gradually 
accumulated  at  the  headquarters  of  the  American  Federation  of  Labor.  They 
have  been  acquired  as  the  need  for  them  has  arisen,  or  as  they  have  been  sent  in  by 
publishers  or  authors,  or  by  exchange.  The  collection  was  made  primarily  for  use 
at  headquarters,  but  it  is  frequently  consulted  by  students  and  investigators,  who 
are  always  made  welcome.  Thus  far  no  regular  library  catalogue  has  been 
attempted. 

American  Republics,  International  bureau  of.  This  became  the 
Pan  American  Union  in  1910.  See  Columbus  Memorial  Library, 
Pan  American  Union. 

American  University,  Nebraska  Ave.  near  Mass  Ave.  NW. 
Rev.  Albert  Osborn,  register.  City  office  1422  F  St.  NW.  6 

The  library  is  not  yet  open  for  use.  There  are  about  20.000  vols.  and  25.000 
pamphlets,  uncatalogued. 

Apostolic  Mission  House,  Catholic  University,  Brookland,  D.  C. 
Rev.  Walter  Elliott,  C.  S.  P.,  director.  7 

The  library  of  the  Apostolic  mis!d<)«i  house  is  at  present  undergoing  "such  im- 
provements as  will  quite  transform  it."  Statistics,  etc.,  are  therefore  at  present 
not  available. 

Army  and  Navy  Club,  Conn.  Ave.  and  I  St.  NW.  J.  L.  Schley, 
secretary.  8 

HISTORY. — The  library  was  created  when  the  club  was  reorganized  in  1891,  and 
since  that  time  has  gradually  grown,  mostly  through  donations  of  members. 

REGULATTOXS. — Open  -  a.  m.-i  a.  m..  including  Sundays  and  holidays.  Chib 
library  for  members  only.  Does  not  engage  in  interlibrary  loans. 

RESOURCES. — 1,200  vols.,  consisting  of  books  of  interest  to  the  Army  and  Xavy. 
including  documents,  some  little  fiction  and  history.  It  is  not  the  policy  of  the  club 
to  add  to  the  library  by  purchase,  increase  depending  upon  donations  from  mem- 
bers. 

Army  Medical  School  (U.  S.  War  Department),  721  i3th  St.  NW. 
Herman  von  Oehsen,  librarian.  9 

HISTORY. — Library  was  established  in  June.  1910.  Additions  are  made  by  requi- 
sition and  issues  received  from  the  Surgeon  General,  U.  S.  A. 

REGULATIONS. — Open  9  a.  rn.-4.3o  p.  m.  daily  except  Sundays  and  holidays. 
Reference  library  for  the  use  of  the  faculty  and  student  officers  stationed  at  the 
school.  Does  not  engage  in  interlibrary  loans. 

RESOURCES. — 2.343  vols.  and  pamphlets.  Growth  for  year  ending  February  28. 
1914,  159  vols.  Consists  of  standard  works  on  medicine,  pharmacy,  surgery,  and 
allied  sciences. 


8  LIBRARY   OF   CONGRESS 

Army  War  College  (U.  S.  Army).  Washington  Barracks,  foot  of 
4>£  St.  SW.  M.  Bartow  Mercer,  librarian.  10 

HISTORY. — Certain  books  purchased  by  the  original  War  College  Board  in 
July,  1902,  constituted  the  beginning  of  this  library.  The  Army  War  College  was 
organized  August  15,  1903,  from  which  date  the  library  has  been  a  prominent 
feature  of  the  work  of  the  office,  widening  in  scope  and  increasing  in  importance 
to  the  War  Department  and  to  the  Army  in  general  from  day  to  day  since  that  time. 
The  library  is  under  the  supervision  of  the  secretary  of  the  Army  War  College,  at 
present  Maj.  Charles  Crawford,  U.  S.  A. 

REGULATIONS. — Open  from  9  a.  rn.-4.is  p.  m.  daily  except  Sundays.  Reference 
library  primarily  maintained  for  the  use  of  the  student  officers  attending  the  War 
College  course  and  for  the  officers  of  the  War  College  Division,  General  Staff,  but 
all  bureaus  of  the  War  Department,  Navy  Department,  Marine  Corps,  and  other 
Government  offices  have  access  to  the  material  available.  Through  the  medium  of 
weekly  lists  of  books  received  and  information  noted  and  indexed  the  library 
proves  of  great  value  to  the  Army  at  large,  books  and  periodicals  being  issued  to 
all  officers,  wherever  located,  on  request. 

RESOURCES. — 34,427  vols.  and  pamphlets.  The  library  is  strong  in  military 
reference  books,  embracing  a  large  number  of  works  on  military  art  and  science, 
military  history,  military  biography,  military  bibliography,  and  is  constantly 
collecting  the  most  reliable  material  available  to  be  used  in  the  preparation  of 
military  monographs  on  various  countries. 

Associated  Charities  Reference  and  Loan  Library  of  Sociological 
Books  and  Pamphlets,  923  H  St.  NW.  Walter  S.  Ufford,  general 
secretary  in  charge.  n 

REGULATIONS. — Open  9  a.  ta.-s  p.  m.  daily  except  Sunday.  Reference  and 
circulating  library  for  the  use  of  any  one  interested  in  social  service  work.  Does 
not  engage  in  interlibrary  loans. 

RESOURCES. — About  1,000  vols.  and  pamphlets,  including  many  reports  of  sister 
societies  and  publications  relating  to  social  service  work.  Card  catalogue. 

Bahai  Assembly  of  Washington  Library.  12 

A  small  circulating  library  of  books  dealing  with  Bahaism  is  maintained  for 
the  present  at  the  residence  of  Mrs.  Egerton  R.  Boyle.  2602  Wisconsin  Ave.  NW. 

Bar  Association  of  the  District  of  Columbia,  City  Hall,  D  St. 
opposite  4*4  St.  NW.  T.  Ellis  Allison,  librarian.  13 

REGULATIONS. — The  librarian  or  assistant  is  on  duty  each  week  day  from 

9  a.  m.-s  p.  m.,  but  the  library  is  open  to  members  continuously,  night  and  day, 
every  day  in  the  year.    Privileges  are  limited  to  members  of  the  Bar  association 
of  the  District,  and  to  members  of  the  bar  specially  permitted  by  the  board  of 
directors,  and,  to  a  limited  extent,  to  out-of-town  lawyers  when  introduced  by 
a  member.    Reference  library  only  for  the  aid  of  practicing  lawyers.    Is  not  a 
circulating  library.    Does  not  engage  in  interlibrary  loans. 

RESOURCES. — 15,838  vols.  393  vols.  added  during  1913.  Library  consists  of 
textbooks  on  general  legal  subjects,  legal  digests  and  reference  works  and  re- 
ports of  decisions  of  American  and  English  courts. 


LIBRARIES   IN   THE   DISTRICT   OF   COLUMBIA         9 

Biological  Survey,  Bureau  of  (U.  S.)-  See  Agriculture,  Library 
of  the  Department  of  (U.  S.).  Bureau  Libraries. 

Blind,  National  Library  for  the.  See  National  Library  for  the 
Blind. 

Business  High  School,  gth  and  R  Sts.  NW.  Miss  Margaret  D. 
Davies,  librarian.  14 

HISTORY. — The  library  was  started  with  a  few  volumes  as  a  nucleus  in  1890 
when  the  school  was  opened.  Prior  to  the  year  1908  there  was  no  appointed  libra- 
rian; teachers  took  charge  of  material  and  room.  Since  1908,  with  the  appointment 
of  a  librarian,  the  work  has  developed  repidly. 

REGULATIONS. — Open  8.45  a.  m.-3.3o  p.  m.  every  school  day.  Circulating  and 
reference  library  for  the  use  of  the  pupils  and  teachers  of  the  school.  Pupils  are  at 
liberty  to  use  the  library  before  and  after  school  and  at  lunch  hour  without  any 
restrictions.  During  school  sessions  they  are  privileged  to  use  it  during  study 
hours  with  permission  of  the  teacher  in  charge  of  the  study  rooms.  Aims  to  help 
the  pupils  to  more  extended  reading  on  all  subjects  in  the  curriculum.  The  vol- 
umes in  the  library  are  supplemented  twice  weekly  by  loans  from  the  Public 
Library. 

RESOURCES. — 2,130  vols.  Average  increase,  90  vols.  per  year.  The  library  has 
a  collection  of  clippings  arranged  in  clipping  cases  and  provided  with  a  typewritten 
subject  catalogue.  Ten  magazines  are  regularly  received  and  made  available  by 
the  Readers'  Guide  to  Periodical  Literature,  1905-1913,  and  current  numbers. 
Card  catalogue  and  shelf  list. 

Carnegie  Endowment  for  International  Peace,  2  Jackson  Place, 
near  Pa.  Ave.  NW.  Miss  Kathryn  Sellers,  librarian.  15 

HISTORY. — The  Carnegie  endowment  for  international  peace  was  established 
April  i,  1911.  At  the  beginning  of  1914,  the  library  was  thrown  open  to  the  public. 

REGULATIONS. — Open  every  week  day  from  9  a.  m.-4-3o  p.  m.  except  Saturdays, 
when  it  closes  at  i  p.  m.  Reference  library  primarily  for  the  use  of  the  staff,  but 
may  be  used  by  anyone. 

RESOURCES. — About  5,000  vols.  Specializes  in  international  law  and  relations, 
and  the  literature  of  peace  and  war. 

Carroll  Institute,  912-920  loth  St.  NW.  William  H.  Lepley, 
librarian.  16 

HISTORY. — Carroll  Institute  was  organized  in  September,  1873,  and  the  library 
was  established  in  1880. 

REGULATIONS. — Open  from  9  a.  m.-ro  p.  m.  daily  except  Sundays  and  holi- 
days. Circulating  library,  privileges  extended  to  members  of  the  Institute  only. 
Does  not  engage  in  interlibrary  loans. 

RESOURCES. — About  5,000  vols.,  280  pamphlets,  and  60  maps.  Average  growth 
per  year  about  50  vols.  The  leading  magazines  are  kept  on  file  in  the  reading  room 
for  the  use  of  the  members.  The  library  is  of  a  general  character,  special  attention 
being  given  to  fiction,  poetry,  travel,  religion,  history,  and  biography.  There  is 
a  card  catalogue. 

39895—14 2 


10  LIBRARY   OF   CONGRESS 

Catholic  University  of  America,  Brookland,  D.  C.  Rev.  Dr.  Wil- 
liam Turner,  librarian.  17 

REGULATIONS. — Open  9  a.  m.-s  p.  m.  daily  except  Sunday.  The  reference 
room  is  open  to  anyone,  the  circulating  library  to  professors  and  students.  Engages 
in  interlibrary  loans. 

RESOURCES. — 100,000  vols.  and  pamphlets.  Average  growth  per  year  from 
4,500  to  5,000  vols.  The  departments  best  represented  are  philosophy,  scriptures, 
political  science,  law,  education,  chemistry,  physics,  and  history.  Card  cata- 
logues, author  complete,  dictionary  not  yet  completed. 

Census,  Bureau  of  (U.  S.  Department  of  Commerce),  ist  and  B 
Sts.  NW.  Miss  Anne  Gunnell  Cross,  librarian.  18 

HISTORY. — The  library  dates  from  1899,  when  it  was  started  by  a  bequest  of  3,000 
bound  vols.  and  4,000  pamphlets  from  the  Eleventh  Census.  Until  June,  1903, 
however,  there  was  no  regular  organization  or  systematic  method  of  obtaining 
books  or  periodicals  needed  in  the  work  of  the  bureau.  At  that  time  an  exchange 
was  established  with  the  various  State  libraries,  departments,  and  bureaus,  and 
through  the  courtesy  of  their  officials  many  valuable  volumes  have  been  received. 
Foreign  documents  are  now  received  through  the  International  Exchange  or  the 
State  Department.  An  exchange  with  trade,  technical,  and  economic  journals  has 
also  been  established,  until  at  the  present  time  they  number  about  578.  The  plan 
of  collecting  was  initiated  by  Dr.  S.  N.  D.  North,  at  that  time  Director  of  the  Census, 
with  the  aid  and  advice  of  Mrs.  Kate  B.  Wilson,  in  charge  of  the  library,  Dr.  John 
Shaw  Billings,  and  several  other  persons  familiar  with  census  work.  The  library 
has  a  large  borrowing  system  in  connection  with  the  Library  of  Congress,  and 
receives  valuable  assistance  from  that  source. 

REGULATIONS. — Open  9  a.  m.-4.3o  p.  m.  daily  except  Sundays  and  holidays; 
reference  library  primarily  for  the  use  of  the  employees  of  the  bureau,  but  open  to 
any  inquirers.  Engages  in  interlibrary  loans. 

RESOURCES. — Bound  vols.  March  i,  1914,  28,970;  unbound  vols.  and  pamphlets, 
39,418;  unaccessioned  vols.  which  will  be  bound  later,  about  600.  Average  growth 
per  year,  about  2,000.  The  library  consists  of  statistical  publications  of  the  United 
States  and  principal  foreign  Governments,  State  and  municipal  documents  relating 
to  the  lines  of  inquiry  taken  up  by  the  bureau,  press  almanacs,  and  similar  statis- 
tical annuals,  also  a  few  select  works  on  statistics  and  economics.  The  library  is 
strong  in  State  reports  and  census  reports — United  States,  State,  and  foreign.  It 
has  a  card  catalogue  arranged  for  the  specialist,  the  subject  headings  having  been 
chosen  with  direct  reference  to  the  work  of  the  bureau. 

Central  High  School,  O  St.  between  6th  and  yth  Sts.  Miss  Laura 
N.  Mann,  librarian.  19 

HISTORY. — The  library  of  the  Central  High  School  came  into  existence  in  Jan- 
uary, 1890.  It  had  been  preceded  by  the  library  of  the  Boys  Advanced  Grammar 
School,  which  in  1882  became  the  High  School  of  Washington.  In  the  summer  of 
1889  a  wing  was  added  to  the  building,  and  in  the  following  whiter,  when  the  change 
in  name  was  made  from  the  High  School  of  Washington  to  the  Central  High  School, 
the  library  was  moved  from  the  small  class  room  in  the  main  building  into  its  pres- 
ent quarters  in  the  addition.  In  1882,  when  the  first  real  high  school  was  estab- 
lished, the  library  came  into  the  possession  of  the  collection  known  as  the  Washing- 
ton Library.  At  the  same  time  the  school  authorities  provided  the  sum  of  Si.ooc 


LIBRARIES  IN  THE  DISTRICT  OF   COLUMBIA      II 

for  the  purchase  of  books  for  the  new  school .  From  time  to  tune  sums  were  obtained 
from  entertainments  given  by  the  students,  but  now  Congress  provides  that  the 
sum  of  $1,000  may  be  taken  from  the  contingent  fund  for  the  purchase  of  books  and 
periodicals  for  all  the  high  and  normal  schools  of  the  District.  Of  this  the  Central 
High  School  receives  about  Sioo. 

In  the  matter  of  library  instruction  of  the  students,  the  tradition  goes  back  to 
the  first  librarian.  Dr.  Francis  R.  Lane,  and  bis  assistant.  This  developed  into 
illustrated  blackboard  talks,  and  in  1906  a  library  training  class  was  inaugurated. 

REGULATIONS. — Open  8.45  a.  m.-s.ao  p.  m.  during  school  days;  reference  and  cir 
dilating  library  tor  the  use  of  the  pupils  of  the  Central  High  School.  Occasionally 
engages  in  loans  with  other  high  schools. 

RESOURCES. — 5,956  vols.  exclusive  of  bound  periodicals,  which  number  603  vols. 
Unbound  pamphlets,  including  public  documents,  634,  besides  about  1,300  unbound 
periodicals.  The  growth  at  the  present  time  is  slight,  most  of  the  money  being  used 
to  replace  lost  and  worn-out  books.  Dictionary  card  catalogue. 

Chamber  of  Commerce.    See  Washington  Chamber  of  Commerce. 

Chamber  of  Commerce  of  the  United  States  of  America,  Library 
of  the,  704  Riggs  Building,  isth  and  G  Sts.  NW.  Miss  Esther 
Dodge,  librarian.  20 

HISTORY. — The  library  began  to  accumulate  with  the  organization  of  the  Cham- 
ber of  Commerce  of  the  United  States  of  America,  in  April,  1912.  It  was  not,  how- 
ever, accessioned  and  catalogued  until  October  of  that  year.  It  was  developed 
principally  along  the  lines  of  tariff,  banking  and  currency,  and  commerce. 

In  September,  1913,  a  special  room  was  acquired  for  the  library,  which  previous 
to  that  time  had  been  scattered  throughout  the  offices  in  bookcases  and  on  shelves. 
At  present  the  books  have  exceeded  the  shelf  capacity,  and  arrangements  are  being 
made  to  increase  the  space  for  new  accessions. 

The  library  is  a  member  of  the  Special  Libraries  Association. 

REGULATION'S. — Open  every  week  day  from  9  a.  m.-s  p.  m.  except  Saturdays, 
when  it  closes  at  i  p.  m.  Reference  library  for  the  use  of  the  chamber  and  its  mem- 
bers. Does  not  engage  in  interlibrary  loans. 

RESOURCES. — 677  vols.  and  about  5,000  pamphlets.  In  addition  to  these  publi- 
cations, the  library  includes  87  files  of  trade  papers  and  magazines,  a  file  of  bills 
introduced  in  Congress  which  have  to  do  with  the  business  interests  of  the  country, 
and  the  Congressional  Record.  The  principal  subjects  covered  are  tariff,  banking 
and  currency,  and  commerce.  The  greatest  part  of  the  library  falls  under  the  sub- 
ject of  social  and  political  science,  i.  e.,  agriculture,  transportation,  communication, 
education,  labor,  trusts  and  corporations,  commercial  organizations,  manufacture, 
industry,  hygiene,  and  executive,  legislative,  and  judicial  documents.  Card  cata- 
logue of  Library  of  Congress  printed  cards. 

All  publications  of  the  chamber  are  kept  on  file  in  the  library.  These  include 
the  Nation's  business,  the  general  and  legislative  bulletins,  the  referenda,  member- 
ship lists,  committee  reports,  and  certain  speeches  in  pamphlet  form. 

There  is  also  a  clipping  bureau  in  connection  with  the  library,  which  follows 
such  subjects  as  accord  with  the  work  and  interests  of  the  chamber. 

It  is  purposed  in  time  to  make  the  collection  of  publications  issued  by  commercial 
organizations  in  the  United  States  and  abroad  as  complete  as  possible.  Recently, 
many  publications,  mostly  pamphlets,  have  been  received  from  abroad. 


12  LIBRARY   OP   CONGRESS 

Chemistry,  Bureau  of  (U.  S.)-  See  Agriculture,  Library  of  the 
Department  of  (U.  S.)-  Bureau  Libraries. 

Chevy  Chase  College  and  Seminary,  Chevy  Chase,  Md.  Mrs. 
Mary  B.  Coppee,  librarian.  21 

A  school  library  open  throughout  the  school  year  for  the  use  of  the  students 
and  teachers. 

Children's  Bureau  (U.  S.  Department  of  Labor),  Willard  Build- 
ing, 513-515  i4th  St.  NW.  Miss  Laura  A.  Thompson,  librarian.  22 

HISTORY. — The  Children's  Bureau  was  established  by  an  act  of  Congress 
approved  April  9,  1912,  and  began  active  operations  upon  the  passage  of  the  legis- 
lative, executive,  and  judicial  appropriation  bill  on  August  23,  1912.  The  law 
states  that  it  shall  investigate  and  report  "upon  all  matters  pertaining  to  the 
welfare  of  children  and  child  life  among  all  classes  of  our  people,  and  shall  especially 
investigate  the  questions  of  infant  mortality,  the  birth  rate,  orphanage,  juvenile 
courts,  desertion,  dangerous  occupations,  accidents  and  diseases  of  children,  em- 
ployment, legislation  affecting  children  in  the  several  States  and  Territories." 
The  library  of  the  bureau  was  started  in  October,  1912. 

REGULATIONS. — Open  from  9  a.  m.-4.3o  p.  m.  daily  except  Sundays  and 
holidays.  Reference  library  for  the  use  of  the  staff  of  the  Children's  Bureau,  but 
other  readers  are  welcome.  Engages  in  interlibrary  loans,  but  owing  to  its  limited 
resources,  chiefly  is  a  borrower. 

RESOURCES. — About  1,200  vols.  and  2,000  pamphlets.  Besides  general  reference 
books,  the  library  consists  largely  of  reports,  pamphlets,  circulars,  and  newspaper 
clippings  on  the  subject  of  child  welfare.  It  has  in  course  of  preparation  a  Union 
card  catalogue  of  the  literature  in  the  various  libraries  in  the  District  of  Columbia 
relating  to  the  field  of  work  of  the  bureau. 

Christian  Science  Reading  Room,  Colorado  Building,  NE.  cor. 
i4th  and  G  Sts.  NW.  Mrs.  E.  Maud  Talcott,  librarian.  23 

REGULATIONS. — The  Reading  Room  is  open  to  all  from  10  a.  m.  to  9.30  p.  m. 
every  day  except  Wednesdays  when  it  closes  at  7  p.  m.,  and  Sundays  when  it  is 
open  from  2.30  p.  m.  to  5-3°  P-  m.  There  is  a  small  reference  and  loan  collection; 
exact  statistics  not  available. 

Civil  Service  Commission  (U.  S.),  1724  F  St.  NW.  24 

REGULATIONS. — Open  9  a.  m.-4.3o  p.  m.  daily  except  Sundays  and  holidays. 
Reference  library  primarily  for  the  use  of  the  commission,  but  open  to  the  public. 

RESOURCES. — About  4,200  vols.  and  pamphlets,  chiefly  publications  relating  to 
civil  service  and  civil  service  reform  in  the  United  States,  including  States  and 
cities,  and  foreign  countries. 

Coast  and  Geodetic  Survey  (U.  S.  Department  of  Commerce), 
New  Jersey  Ave.  and  B  St.  SE.  Ralph  M.  Brown,  librarian.  25 

HISTORY. — The  library  was  started  about  1832,  with  a  nucleus  of  the  technical 
books  purchased  abroad  in  1816  by  Mr.  Hassler,  first  superintendent  of  the  survey. 
Like  most  bureau  libraries  of  the  early  days,  the  Coast  Survey  library  grew  slowly. 


LIBRARIES   IN  THE  DISTRICT   OF   COLUMBIA      13 

amounting  to  only  4.000  books  in  1878.  Modern  library  methods  were  introduced 
in  1898,  the  library  being  entirely  reclassified  and  recatalogued  according  to  the 
best  usage  of  the  day.  An  inventory  was  also  taken,  and  15.000  books  and  pamph- 
lets were  found  to  be  on  the  shelves.  Since  1898  the  library  has  been  managed  with 
the  sole  idea  of  making  it  a  splendidly  efficient  working  library  for  the  bureau. 
Approximately  20,000  books  of  no  use  to  the  bureau  have  been  discarded.  The 
library  has  grown  steadily  in  efficiency  and  decreased  steadily  in  size,  in  spite  of 
the  average  annual  accession  of  700  vols.  It  is  estimated  that  10,000  books  more 
will  have  to  be  eliminated  before  the  library  will  be  in  its  best  possible  condition. 

REGULATIONS. — Open  9  a.  m.-4-3o  p.  m.  daily  except  Sundays  and  holidays. 
Reference  library  primarily  for  the  use  of  the  bureau,  but  any  responsible  person 
known  to  the  librarian  or  properly  vouched  for  may  consult  books  in  the  library 
or  may  draw  out  books  that  are  not  in  constant  use.  Engages  in  interlibrary 
loans. 

RESOURCES. — 25,000  vols.  and  pamphlets.  35.000  maps,  charts,  and  blue  prints 
(domestic  and  foreign).  69,000  field  records  (sent  in  by  surveying  parties).  13.000 
negatives  and  prints  of  survey  work  and  of  Alaskan.  Northern,  Northeastern,  and 
Northwestern  boundary  surveys.  653  vols.  and  pamphlets  added  last  year.  The 
scope  of  the  library  is  the  scope  of  the  Survey — surveying  in  all  its  aspects.  The 
library  is  particularly  strong  in  mathematics,  astronomy,  tides  and  currents, 
geodesy  (6,000  vols.  and  pamphlets),  hydrography  (5.000  vols.  and  pamphlets), 
terrestrial  magnetism  (4,000  vols.  and  pamphlets),  boundaries  of  the  United  States 
(600  vols.  and  pamphlets).  Author,  title  (if  considered  useful),  and  subject  card 
catalogues.  Periodical  reference  card  catalogue  of  articles  oi  interest  to  the  bureau. 

PUBLICATIONS. — List  and  Catalogue  of  Publications  Issued  by  the  U.  S.  Coast 
and  Geodetic  Survey,  1816-1002.  With  Supplement  to  August,  1008. 

College  of  Veterinary  Medicine,  2113-2115  i4th  St.  NW.  26 

There  is  a  small  collection  of  books  on  veterinary  medicine  and  allied  subjects 
in  the  assembly  room  for  the  use  of  the  students,  who  are  charged  an  annual 
library  fee  of  $2.  The  collection  is  accessible  at  all  times,  there  being  no  fixed 
hours  of  opening. 

Columbia  Historical  Society,  Pacific  Building,  622  F  St .  NW. 
Mrs.  Mary  Stevens  Beall,  secretary,  2116  P  St.  NW.,  acts  as  libra- 
rian. 27 

HISTORY. — The  society  was  organized  April  4.  1894,  and  incorporated  May  3 
the  same  year,  for  the  collection,  preservation,  and  diffusion  of  knowledge  respecting 
the  history  and  topography  of  the  District  of  Columbia. 

REGULATIONS. — Open  every  Wednesday  n  a.  m.-4  p.  m.  from  November  to 
May,  inclusive;  at  other  times  by  special  appointment  with  the  secretary.  Mem- 
bers and  other  students  are  welcome  to  the  use  of  the  library.  Books  can  be  taken 
out  for  a  very  limited  time.  Does  not  engage  in  interlibrary  loans. 

RESOURCES. — 652  bound  vols.,  3.520  magazines,  pamphlets,  and  unbound  books, 
33  maps.  Average  growth  per  year  about  45  vols.,  mostly  by  gift  or  bequest.  The 
library  specializes  in  books  about  the  District  of  Columbia.  Has  a  printed  card 
index. 


14  LIBRARY  OF  CONGRESS 

Columbia  Institution  for  the  Deaf,  Kendall  Green,  7th  St.  corner 
of  Florida  Ave.  NE.  Miss  Helen  Northrop,  librarian.  28 

REGULATIONS. — Open  9  a.  m.  to  noon  daily  except  Sundays.  Reference  library 
for  the  use  of  the  students  within  the  school. 

RESOURCES. — About  5,000  vols.,  including  1,200  vols.  in  the  Baker  collection 
relating  to  the  education  of  the  deaf,  said  to  be  the  best  collection  of  the  oldest  litera- 
ture in  existence. 

Columbian  University.    See  George  Washington  University. 

Columbus  Memorial  Library,  Pan  American  Union,  iyth  St. 
bet.  B  and  C  Sts.  NW.  Charles  Edwin  Babcock,  librarian  (acting). 

29 

HISTORY. — The  Columbus  Memorial  Library  is  the  library  of  the  Pan  American 
Union,  which  was  established  in  1890  under  the  name  International  Bureau  of 
American  Republics.  In  1910  the  present  name  was  adopted  at  the  Fourth  Pan 
American  Conference  held  in  Buenos  Aires.  In  April  of  this  same  year  the  present 
building,  the  result  of  a  gift  of  $750,000  from  Mr.  Andrew  Carnegie  and  of  contribu- 
tions from  the  Government  of  the  various  Republics,  was  dedicated.  The  Pan 
American  Union  is  maintained  by  the  21  American  Republics,  controlled  by  a 
governing  board  composed  of  the  Secretary  of  State  of  the  United  States  and  the 
diplomatic  representatives  in  Washington  of  the  other  Republics  of  America, 
administered  by  a  director  general,  Mr.  John  Barrett,  and  an  assistant  director, 
Mr.  Francisco  J.  Vane's. 

The  library,  intended  as  a  memorial  to  commemorate  the  assembling  of  the  First 
International  Conference  of  American  Republics,  held  in  Washington,  1889-1890, 
was  definitely  established  by  resolution  in  the  second  International  American 
Conference,  held  in  Mexico  City  in  the  winter  of  1901-2.  Its  real  development  has 
taken  place  in  the  last  few  years,  as  is  shown  by  a  comparison  of  the  following  figures 
for  1906  with  those  given  below.  14,326  vols.  and  pamphlets,  538  maps,  1,500  pho- 
tographs, 27,718  separate  issues  of  periodicals,  and  no  catalogue  or  index  cards. 

REGULATIONS. — Open  9  a.  m.-4.3o  p.  m.  daily,  except  Sundays  and  holidays. 
Reference  library  for  the  use  of  the  general  public. 

RESOURCES. — 28,399  vols.  and  pamphlets,  1,095  maps,  84  atlases,  1.076  periodicals. 
14,025  photographs.  2,579  vols.  and  1,602  pamphlets  were  received  in  1913.  The 
library  is  entirely  Latin  American  and  only  such  publications  as  relate  to  that 
region  are  preserved.  There  is  a  dictionary  catalogue  for  both  books  and  periodical 
articles,  comprising  about  100.000  cards.  A  printed  catalogue  of  history  and 
description  and  travel  has  been  issued.  Supplement  No.  i  to  this  catalogue  was 
issued  in  1909,  and  Supplement  No.  2  is  ready  for  printing. 

Commerce,  Department  of  (U.  S.),  Commerce  Building,  iQth  St. 
and  Pa.  Ave.  NW.  30 

The  Department  of  Commerce  was  established  March  4,  1913,  and  the  formation 
of  a  department  library  was  begun  almost  immediately.  All  books  not  actually 
needed  by  the  several  bureaus  which  were  placed  under  the  jurisdiction  of  the 
Department  of  Commerce  have  been  brought  together  as  a  nucleus  in  central 
quarters  on  the  tenth  floor  of  the  Commerce  Building.  At  present  no  definite 
statement  concerning  the  collection  can  be  made. 


LIBRARIES  IN  THE  DISTRICT  OF  COLUMBIA      15 

Congress,  Library  of  (U.  S.),  Capitol  Hill,  ist  St.  between  East 
Capitol  and  B  Sts.  SE.  Dr.  Herbert  Putnam,  Librarian;  Bernard 
R.  Green,  Superintendent  of  building  and  grounds.  31 

Staff: 

Chief  Assistant  Librarian—  A.  P.  C.  Griffin. 
Chief  dak—  A.  R-  Bovd. 

Chtrfs  of  Divisions  — 

Bibliograpby-H.  H.  B.  Meyer  (chief  brafiographer). 
Card  Section—  C.  H.  Hastings. 
Catalogue—  Charles  MarteL 

Classification—  C.  W.  Periey. 

Law  —  J.  D.  Thompson  (law  librarian}. 
If  ailing  I|<«  —  GaiDard  Hunt. 
Uapg  and  Charts  —  P.  Lee  PhflBps. 
Music—  O.  G.  T.  Soaneck. 
Order—  F.  W.  Ashley. 
Periodicals—  W.  A.  Sbde. 
Prints—  A.  J.  Parsons. 

Reading  Room—  W.  W.  Bishop  (superintendent). 
Copyright  Office  — 

Register  of  Copyrights  —  Thorvald  Soil^tg. 


.  —  The  building  was  erected  under  acts  of  Congress  approved  April  15, 
1886.  October  a,  1888,  and  March  i,  1889,  at  a  cost  of  $6^40,700  (below  the  Kuril  fixed 
by  law—  $6,500.000).  The  land  cost  $585,000  in  addition  The  architects  were 
John  L.  Sinitlinirvei  and  Pan!  J.  Pefa.  Gen.  Edward  P.  Casey,  Chief  of  Engi- 
neers of  the  A  i  my,  was  piarfd  in  charge  of  the  construction.  He  was  succeeded 
on  his  death  in  March,  1896,  by  Bernard  R.  Green,  who  had  assisted  Gen.  Casey 
as  miirimtmAmt  anA  engineer.  The  building  was  completed  in  February,  1897, 
and  opened  in  November.  The  site  is  about  is  acres  in  extent,  and  of  this  the 
building  tfentfJK  about  j}£  acres.  The  floor  space  is  about  10  acres  (490.155 
square  feet).  The  book  stacks  contain  about  ioz>i  miles  of  shelving,  representing  a 
capacity  of  3,540,000  vok.  of  books  and  84,000  vob.  of  newspapers.  For  details  of 
decorations,  see  the  guide  books  to  the  city,  and  especially  the  Handbook  of  the 
Library  of  Congress,  compiled  by  Herbert  SiiLtfl  ,  Boston,  Cnrtzs  &  Oitiiirion,  1913. 
HBTOCT.—  The  Library  of  Congress  was  established  by  the  "Act  to  make  pro- 

States,"  approved  April  24.  1800.  The  act  carried  with  it  an  appropriation  of 
fsxno  lor  the  purchase  of  books.  It  soon  became  necessary  to  effect  an  organization 
to  take  care  of  the  books,  and  this  was  done  by  the  act  of  January  26.  1802,  and  on 
the  29th  of  the  same  month  John  Beckley  was  appointed  the  first  Librarian  of  Con- 
gress. The  Library  was  destroyed  on  August  24,  1814,  when  the  Capitol  was  burned 
by  the  British  troops.  As  soon  as  Thomas  Jefferson,  then  Bring  in  retirement 
at  Monticeflo,  heard  of  the  loss  he  offered  his  library  to  Congress,  and  on  October  21. 

negotiate  for  its  purchase.  The  i^*^ifr  of  these  "^pp***^1***  was  the  put  chase. 
carry  in  1815.  of  6,500  vds.  for  $23.950.  Twice  again  did  the  Library  suffer  from  fire. 


1 6  LIBRARY   OF   CONGRESS 

On  the  night  of  December  22, 1825,  both  the  Library  and  the  Capitol  had  a  narrow 
escape,  and  considerable  but  no  serious  damage  was  done  by  water.  The  fire  of 
December  24,  1851,  was  more  serious,  more  than  half  of  the  collection,  about  35,000 
vols.,  including  about  two-thirds  of  the  Jefferson  collection,  was  destroyed.  To 
restore  the  Library,  Congress,  in  1852,  appropriated  $75,000,  and  fronJ  this  time 
on  the  growth  of  the  Library  went  on  uninterruptedly.  In  1862  John  Hill  Burton, 
in  The  Book-Hunter,  alludes  to  the  Library  of  Congress  in  passing  as  containing 
"from  sixty  to  seventy  thousand  volumes." 

On  December  31,  1864,  Ainsworth  R.  SpofTord  was  appointed  Librarian,  and 
from  the  year  1865  on  the  increase  was  more  rapid.  At  the  time  of  the  transfer  to 
the  new  building,  in  1897,  there  were  787,715  vols.  It  was.  still  below  a  million 
when  Dr.  Herbert  Putnam  was  appointed,  April  5,  1899.  At  the  present  time  it 
has  reached  the  great  total  of  2,250,000  vols.  A  detailed  History  of  the  Library  of 
Congress,  vol.  i,  1800-1864,  by  W.  D.  Johnston,  was  published  by  the  Library  in 
1904.  The  history  of  the  period  subsequent  to  1864  will  be  found  in  the  annual 
reports  of  the  Librarian  of  Congress.  A  Historical  Sketch,  covering  the  first  hun- 
dred years,  by  Mr.  David  Hutcheson,  was  printed  in  the  annual  report  for  1901, 
p.  18.1-197. 

Librarians  since  the  organization  of  the  Library:  John  Beckley,  1802-1807; 
Patrick  Magruder,  1807-1815;  George  Watterston,  1815-1829;  John  Silva  Meehan, 
1829-1861;  John  G.  Stephenson,  1861-1864;  Ainsworth  Rand  Spofford,  1864-1897 
(June  30);  John  Russell  Young,  1897  (July  i)-January  17,  1899;  Herbert  Putnam, 
1899  (April  5). 

REGULATIONS.— Open  from  9  a.  m.-io  p.  m.  daily,  and  on  Sundays  and  holi- 
days from  2  p.  m.-io  p.  m.  The  Library  is  not  open  on  Christmas  nor  on  the 
Fourth  of  July.  For  reference  use  the  Library  is  absolutely  free  to  any  reader 
over  16  years  of  age.  The  classes  of  borrowers  are  designated  by  statute;  special 
permits  are  sometimes  issued,  and  in  some  cases  the  privilege  of  drawing  books  is 
granted  upon  formal  deposit  of  $5.  The  Library  engages  extensively  in  inter- 
library  loans  with  librarians  all  over  the  country  in  the  interest  of  scholarship. 
Books  which  should  be  in  the  local  library  are  not  lent,  nor  are  reference  books, 
nor  certain  classes,  such  as  genealogies,  whose  absence  would  be  a  serious  incon- 
venience. In  such  a  large  institution  many  special  cases  must  arise,  and  readers 
contemplating  a  more  extended  use  of  the  Library  should  provide  themselves 
with  copies  of  the  Rules  and  Practices  Governing  the  Use  and  Issue  of  Books, 
and  the  Information  for  Readers  in  the  Main  Reading  Room,  which  may  be 
obtained  on  application  at  the  Reading-room  desk. 

RESOURCES. — The  Library  now  contains  about  2,250,000  vols.  The  exact  figures 
for  June  30,  1913,  being  2,128,225  books,  135,223  maps  and  charts,  630,799  vols.  and 
pieces  of  music,  360,494  prints:  a  numerical  statement  of  the  manuscripts  is  not 
feasible.  The  growth  for  the  year  ending  June  30,  1913,  was  115,862  books,  6,100 
maps  and  charts,  39,167  vols.  and  pieces  of  music,  and  10,749  prints. 

Accessions  are  made  by  purchase,  by  gift,  by  copyright,  by  exchange,  by  receipt 
of  United  States  Government  documents  either  by  law  or  through  the  courtesy  of 
other  departments,  by  international  exchange  with  foreign  governments,  by  gifts 
from  state  and  municipal  governments,  and  by  additions  to  the  Smithsonian 
Deposit.  The  annual  appropriation  for  the  purchase  of  books  is  $98,000. 

The  Library  is  rich  in  special  collections  acquired  since  1897.  The  manuscript 
collection  is  of  the  first  importance,  including  the  Papers  of  nine  Presidents: 
Washington,  Jefferson,  Madison,  Monroe,  Jackson,  Van  Buren,  Polk,  Pierce,  and 
Johnson;  American  statesmen  and  politicians:  Franklin,  R .  Morris,  Hamilton,  Van 


LIBRARIES  IN  THB  DISTRICT  OF  COLUMBIA      17 

Bnren.  Duff-Green,  Washburae,  Oayton.  Chase,  Crittenden,  Lyman  TrambaH, 
E.  M.  Stanton.  John  Sherman,  Gideon  WeOes  (deposited),  James  H.  Hammond. 
j.  L.  M.  Carry:  Military  papers:  Pkkett  papas.  Gen.  George  B.  McCleflan.  Gen. 
W.  T.  Sherman;  Diplomatic:  wunam  Short  papers;  Naval  papers:  Preble,  John 
Paul  Jones;  Commercial  history:  Ellis,  1805-1853,  Bourne,  1776-1816.  Galloway, 
early  part  of  the  rSth  cent  my;  Letters  of  Wunam  Taylor  (the  latter  part  of  the 
iSthcqitmy).  of  John  White.  Cashier  of  the  Bank  of  the  U.S.  at  Baltimore.  Edward 
Dixon,  Merchant  of  Port  Royal.  1743-1796;  District  of  Columbia:  Papers  of  wdfaam 
Thornton.  George  Watterston;  European  aicuives.  Stevens  Index.  1763-1783:  np- 
wards  of  100,000  folios  of  transcripts  of  docmnents  relating  to  American  mlnnial  his- 
tory; State  papers-  fWitmMtrfrViogriMsg  ~armKrrJTtrftr**nt*twvr*.-  Colaaia]  docu- 
mentary history:  Records  of  Virginia  Company.  Spanish  papers  of  Kew  Mexico  and 
Florida,  Philippine  and  Guam  documents:  Scientific:  Manry  papeis;  Mexican  his- 
tory: Ytnrbide  papers.  Inquisition  papers  (1759-);  Literary:  Louise  Chandler 
Mookon  coOectJon  of  letters.  The  prints  have  been  enriched  by  the  Hnbbard  col- 
lection, gift  in  1898  of  Mrs.  Gardner  G.  Hnbbard,  by  her  win  (1909).  the  income  of 
a  trust  fund  of  £20,000  is  applied  to  the  purchase  of  additional  engravings:  Noyes. 
Works  of  Japanese  artists;  Garrett,  19.1*3  prints  (on  deposit);  George  Lothrop 
Bradley.  1.980  engravings;  Prints  issued  by  the  government  cakographies  of 
Prance,  Germany.  Italy,  Japan,  and  Austria-Hungary.  The  maps  include  the 
maimsciipt  maps  of  Lord  Howe,  the  Lowery  collection  of  maps  of  Spanish  posses* 
sions  now  within  the  limits  of  the  United  States,  and  one  of  the  most  extensive 
collections  of  Atlases  in  existence.  The  music  colkfrinn  is  the  most  extensive  in 
the  Western  Hemisphere,  and  is  only  surpassed  by  one  or  two  collections  in  Europe. 
The  document  collection  is  hardly  sm  passed  by  the  Public  documents  library 
which  the  ^••p**i»<*'«i*i*'«»t  of  Documents  h*«  brought  together,  and  the  collection 
of  foreign  HWM"^?^  is  the  must.  ^M^'s**"-  outside  of  Europe.  Among  printen 
books  mention  should  be  made  of  the  Weber  library  (Sanskrit  literature).  3.018 
vots.,  i.oox  pamphlets;  n«t««i«  (Slavic,  about  1,500  vols.):  Yndin  ( Russian,  *TVPO*> 
vols.};  The  HmtfeWt-Kaas  (Scandinavian,  5.000  vols.):  The  John  Boyd  Thacher 
coDectioa  of  Incunabula  (deposited).  The  Detnard  collection  of  Hebraica,  com- 
prising upnaid  of  10.000  titles,  was  given  to  the  Library  by  Mr.  Jacob  H.  Schiff  in 
1912.  The  foundations  of  a  Japanese  collection  were  laid  through  the  purchases  by 
Prof.  Asakawa  in  1907.  The  Chinese  books  have  been  put  in  order  and  steps  have 
been  taken  to  strengthen  the  weak  spots  which  have  been  disclosed.  Mention 
should  also  be  made  of  the  Hawaiian  books.  The  couections  of  books  in  American 
y,  the  social,  economic  and  political  sciences,  and  especially 


PTBUCATXKS- — The  Library  has-  issued  an  extensive  series  of  publications 
mcmding  texts  as  wefl  as  bibliographic  aids.  Among  the  former  are  the  Pro- 
ceedings of  the  Continental  Congress,  the  Papers  of  the  Virginia  Cmiipany.  the 
Washington  papers,  to  mention  but  a  few.  The  bibliographical  publications 
include  List  of  Geographical  Atlases.  i8tfa  century  newspapers,  genealogies,  early 
music,  opera  librettos,  and  the  reference  hsts  prepared  by  the  Division  of  Bib- 
fiography.  For  a  complete  fist  of  these  see  the  List  of  Publications  which  may  be 
had  on  request. 

Corcoran  Gallery  of  Art,  ijth  St.,  corner  New  York  Ave.  NW. 
Frederick  B.  McGuire,  secretary  and  director.  33 

There  is  only  a  small  collection  of  art  books  of  reference  for  the  use  of  the 
students  of  the  school  and  the  office  force  of  the  ir 
39685-14 3 


1 8  LIBRARY  OF  CONGRESS 

Corporations,  Bureau  of  (U.  S.  Department  of  Commerce),  Com- 
merce Building,  i9th  St.  and  Pa.  Ave.  NW.  C.  C.  Houghton, 
librarian.  33 

REGULATIONS. — Open  9  a.  m.-4.3o  p.  m.  daily  except  Sundays  and  holidays. 
Reference  library  for  the  use  of  the  staff  of  the  bureau,  but  open  to  any  one  inter- 
ested in  its  work. 

RESOURCES. — About  500  vols.  dealing  with  economic  aspects  of  corporations, 
and  500  law  books  dealing  chiefly  with  corporation  law.  These  represent  the 
residue  from  a  larger  collection,  the  rest  of  the  books  having  been  transferred  to 
the  Department  of  Commerce  library. 

Cosmos  Club,  1520  H  St.  NW.  W.  W.  Bishop,  chairman  library 
committee.  34 

REGULATIONS. — Open  7.30  a.  m.-i  a.  m.,  including  Sundays  and  holidays. 
Club  library  for  use  of  members  only  within  the  building.  Does  not  engage  in 
interlibrary  loans. 

^RESOURCES. — About  3,000  vols.  and  pamphlets.  Average  growth,  300  vols. 
Receive  regularly  20  newspapers  and  about  45  periodicals  which  are  not  bound. 
Has  a  special  collection  of  the  writings  of  members  of  the  club.  Card  catalogue 
of  authors  only. 

Customs  Appeals,  United  States  Court  of.  See  United  States 
Court  of  Customs  Appeals. 

Dairy  Division  (U.  S.)-  See  Agriculture,  Library  of  the  Depart- 
ment of  (U.  S.).  Bureau  libraries. 

Daughters  of  the  American  Revolution.  See  National  Society 
of  the  Daughters  of  the  American  Revolution. 

Documents  Library.  See  Public  Documents  Library,  Superin- 
tendent of  Documents  office. 

Eastern  High  School,  yth  and  C  Sts.  SB.  Dorothea  W.  Boyd, 
librarian.  35 

HISTORY. — The  library  was  founded  when  the  school  was  established  in  1891. 
It  began  with  a  couple  of  hundred  reference  books.  For  a  number  of  years  addi- 
tions were  made  through  the  efforts  of  the  teachers,  and  pupils  who  secured  money 
by  giving  plays,  concerts,  luncheons,  etc.  During  these  early  years  the  library 
was  greatly  helped  by  a  donation  of  about  two  thousand  volumes  received  from 
Mr.  William  Hendley,  a  citizen  of  the  northeastern  part  of  the  city.  It  was  under 
this  method  of  raising  money  by  voluntary  effort  that  the  greater  part  of  the  col- 
lection was  brought  together. 

About  1898  the  Board  of  education  forbade  the  raising  of  money  in  the  manner 
above  described,  and  since  then  the  new  books  have  been  paid  for  from  the  con- 
tingent fund  of  the  public  schools.  The  allowance  for  the  first  seven  years  was 
$100  a  year,  but  since  1905  that  sum  has  been  cut  down  considerably. 

REGULATIONS. — Open  from  8.45  a.  m.-3-3o  p.  m.  Reference  library  for  the 
pupils  and  teachers  of  the  school.  All  pupils  during  their  free  hours  have  the 


LIBRARIES  IN  THE   DISTRICT  OF  COLUMBIA      19 

privilege  of  using  the  library,  and  consequently  there  is  a  large  class  working  there 
every  boor  of  the  day.  Pupils  may  take  books  home  over  night.  Books  are 
borrowed  bom  the  Public  Library. 

RBSOTTKCBS.— 4,599  vote,  and  1,430  pamphlets,  making  6,029  in  all.  Increase, . 
60  to  100  vofc.  per  year  (1913,  75  vob.).  Twenty-two  periodicals  of  a  general  and 
educational  character  are  regularly  leceived.  There  is  a  card  catalogue. 

Education,  Library  of  the  Bureau  of  (U.  S.  Department  of  the 
Interior),  Old  Post  Office  Department  Building,  8th  and  F  Sts.  NW. 
Dr.  John  D.  Wolcott,  librarian.  36 

HISTORY. — Founded  in  1868,  the  nucleus  being  the  private  educational  library  of 
Henry  Barnard,  first  r*jimiiii««Mi«i»r  rJ  education.  Reorganized  *n»A  r**f**auif6mJt 
in  1908-9  by  the  elimination  of  irrelevant  material  and  the  adoption  of  improved 
••ethods  of  ailiiiiit"*^ f  **WQ 

REGULATIONS.— Open  9  a.  rn.-4.jo  p.  m.  daily  except  Sundays  and  holidays  to 
•B  persons  intCTT^^d  in  i-dw^jp"' <»*•«  »» ""•  Mainly  a  reference  library,  but  also 
lends  books  by  mail  to  educators  and  school  officials  throughout  the  United  States, 
and  engages  in  interlibrary  loans.  Makes  a  specialty  of  supplying  bibliographical 

fjftlf^mtMMi  inwl  gmitanrr  jt|  rtliif  arinnal  qihjtrfr!^ 

RKSOURCBS.— About  145,000  vob.  and  pamphlets.  Annual  arrrvanm.  10,000 
vok.  A  special  pedagogical  library,  particularly  strong  in  official  documents,  both 
American  and  foreign;  in  school  and  college  publications,  and  in  files  of  educational 
periodicals  and  society  proceedings.  Contains  also  many  rare  books  and  pamphlets 
and  an  extensive  collection  of  American  and  foreign  textbooks.  Has  a  printed 
card  catalogue,  and  cooperates  with  the  Library  of  Congress  in  the  cataloguing  of 
j«hwatiMMi  books.  Maintains  a  special  card  index  of  educational  articles  in  cur- 
rent periodicals  and  reports. 

POBUCATJOKS.— Monthly  record  of  current  educational  publications,  and  annual 
and  special  bibliographies  of  education,  which  are  published  as  bulletins.  The 
Bureau  of  Education  also  collects  and  publishes  the  statistics  of  public,  society,  and 
School  libraries. 

Engineer  Office  (U.  S.  War  Department),  Southern  Building, 
NE.  corner  of  ijth  and  H  Sts.  NW.,  room  305.  37 

There  is  a  small  collection  of  reference  books,  on  water  supply,  river  and  harbor 
work  and  fortification,  for  the  use  of  the  bureau. 

Engineer  School  Library  (U.  S.  Army),  Washington  Barracks, 
foot  of  4%  St.  SW.  Henry  E.  Haferkorn,  librarian.  38 

HISTORY. — The  Engineer  School  at  Washington  Barracks,  D.  C.,  is  under  the 
supervision  and  control  of  the  Chief  of  Engineers,  U.  S.  Army.  Its  object  is  to  give 
to  the  junior  officers  of  the  Corps  of  Engineers  a  postgraduate  course  in  civil,  mili- 
tary, and  electrical  *?t*1  mechanical  fngjnffw ing*  to  **«A-»  researches  in  *«^fc 
branches  of  science  as  relate  to  the  *f*r*i»*  of  the  Corps  of  Engineers;  to  disseminate 

give  such  instruction  as  may  be  necessary  for  the  chril  engineering  work  of  the  Army, 
•which  consists  vuy  largely  in  the  •••t|Mi«r»tii»«i>  of  our  liveis  and  harbors. 

This  library  is  not  a  departmental  library,  strictly  speaking,  but  is  the  library  of 
a  service  school  of  the  Army  which  happens  at  this  time  to  be  located  at  a  military 
post  within  the  limits  of  the  District  of  Columbia. 


20  LIBRARY   OP   CONGRESS 

Its  development  has  been  gradual,  and  its  genesis  was  in  the  library  of  the  bat- 
talion of  engineers,  if  a  small  assortment  of  technical  books  can  be  so  designated. 
This  battalion  was  transferred  to  Willets  Point,  N.  Y.  Harbor,  in  1865,  after  the 
close  of  the  Civil  War,  and  according  to  Brig.  Gen.  Henry  Larcom  Abbot  in  his 
Early  Days  of  the  Engineer  School  of  Application  (No.  14,  Occasional  papers. 
Engineer  School,  1904),  the  establishment  of  an  engineer  school  (then  called  En- 
gineer School  of  Application)  was  inaugurated  in  1866,  but  systematic  work  did 
not  really  start  until  the  summer  of  1867.  The  working  books  of  the  battalion  were 
the  origin  of  the  library,  and  to  them  were  added  others  purchased  from  funds  pro- 
vided for  carrying  on  certain  special  duties  and  investigations  assigned  to  the  bat- 
talion by  Congress. 

The  purchase  of  books  for  these  purposes  was  first  specifically  authorized  by  the 
Army  appropriation  act  of  July  5,  1884,  and  finally  in  the  act  of  March  2,  1905, 
appears  the  item.  Engineer  School,  Washington  Barracks,  D.  C. 

The  Engineer  School  and  its  library  were  transferred  in  October,  1901,  from  Wil- 
ets  Point,  N.  Y.,  to  Washington  Barracks,  D.  C.  The  quarters  up  to  the  spring  of 
1914  were  inadequate  for  the  library,  and  with  the  exception  of  about  15,000  books, 
used  as  a  working  library,  the  rest  of  the  collection  has  been  either  poorly  shelved 
or  stored  away  in  wooden  boxes. 

Donations  of  very  valuable  collections  have  been  received  from  the  officers  of 
the  U.  S.  Corps  of  Engineers  and  from  the  officers  of  other  branches  of  the  Army. 
Among  these  have  been  found  many  rare  works,  making  the  library  an  extensive, 
well-selected  working  tool  essential  to  the  operations  of  the  Engineer  School,  as 
laid  down  by  law  and  regulations. 

REGULATIONS. — Open  9  a.  m.-4.3o  p.  m.  daily  except  Sundays  and  holidays. 
Reference  library  primarily  for  the  use  of  the  instructors  and  student-officers  of  the 
Engineer  School  and  for  the  Corps  of  Engineers  and  other  officers  of  the  Army. 
Books  are  borrowed  from  other  libraries,  more  especially  from  the  Library  of 
Congress. 

RESOURCES. — About  50,000  books,  8,000  pamphlets,  500  maps,  250  typewritten 
manuscripts,  representing  translations,  studies,  and  other  papers  by  the  staff  of  the 
school  or  by  the  student-officers,  and  from  other  sources,  some  of  which  are  of  a 
confidential  character.  Growth  during  1913,  255  vols.  purchased,  140  vols.  period- 
ical and  society  publications,  and  1,000  vols.  by  donation.  Devoted  to  technology 
and  military  art  and  science,  specializing  in  the  applied  sciences,  more  especially 
hydraulic  engineering.  Card  catalogue,  dictionary  system,  with  the  use  of  the 
I,.  C.  cards. 

The  library  furnishes  "copy"  for  cards  to  the  L.  C.  of  titles  not  on  the  shelves  of 
the  L.  C.,  and  found  worthy  of  preservation,  and  for  analytics  from  The  Professional 
Memoirs,  a  bimonthly  journal,  published  by  the  school  board  of  the  Engineer 
School  for  the  Corps  of  Engineers,  and  Engineer  Department-at- Large  (an  unofficial 
publication).  The  latter  publication  contains  in  each  number  a  Select  List  of 
Articles  of  Engineering  Interest  (collected  from  periodical  and  society  literature  of 
the  engineering  profession). 

PUBLICATIONS. — Select  List  of  References  on  Inland  Waterways  of  Europe,  com- 
piled by  H.  H.  B.  Meyer,  chief  bibliographer,  Library  of  Congress  .  .  .  1910;  List 
of  Publications  Printed  by  the  Battalion  Press,  Willets  Point,  New  York  Harbor 
and  by  the  Engineer  School  Press,  Washington  Barracks,  D.  C.,  comp.  by  H.  E- 
Haferkorn,  1910;  Engineer  School  Library,  List  of  Accessions  .  .  .  1910,  1911; 
Engineer  Troops,  References  to  their  Organization,  Equipment,  Training,  and 
Duties  .  .  .  1911;  The  War  with  Mexico,  1846-1848,  a  select  bibliography,  by  H.E. 
Haferkorn  .  .  .  1914. 


LIBRARIES  IN  THE  DISTRICT  OF  COLUMBIA     21 

Engineers  for  Rivers  and  Harbors,  Board  of  (U.  S.  War  Depart- 
ment), Southern  Building,  NE.  comer  of  isth  and  H  Sts.  NW. 
A.  H.  Ritter,  chief  clerk.  39 

This  office  is  a  branch  of  the  office  of  the  Chief  of  ifr»tim"*ig.  U.  S.  Army,  and  has 
only  a  «"^y|  collection  of  books  required  for  office  reference  f^^ 

Entomological  Society  of  Washington,  New  National  Museum 
Building,  The  Mall,  B  St.  opposite  xoth  St.  NW.  S.  A.  Rohwer, 
librarian.  40 

HISTORY. — The  society  was  founded  in  1884.  The  library,  which  was  gradually 
accumulated  by  exchange,  remained  unamnged  until  1911,  when  the  present  plan 
was  wiit*tnyf*l 

REGULATIONS. — Open  9  a.  rn.-4.3o  p.  m.  daily  except  Sundays  and  holidays. 
Reference  library  for  use  in  the  mrtsfnm  by  the  members  of  the  society.  Does  not 
engage  in  interlibrary  l**3"^ 

RESOURCES. — The  collection  consists  mostly  of  entomological  journals  and  trans- 
actions which  are  not  in  the  library  of  the  Division  of  Insects  of  the  National  Mu- 
seum. It  is  not  the  policy  of  the  society  to  maintain  a  complete  binary,  but  rather 
to  obtain  publications  dealing  with  entomology,  which  are  not  otherwise  imme- 
diately available  to  its  members,  in  exchange  for  its  proceedings. 

Entomology,  Bureau  of  (U.  S.).  See  Agriculture,  Library  of  the 
Department  of  (U.  S.).  Bureau  libraries. 

Esoteric  Society,  Oriental.    See  Oriental  Esoteric  Society. 

Ethnology,  Bureau  of  American.  See  American  Ethnology, 
Bureau  of. 

Experiment  Stations,  Office  of  (U.  S.).  See  Agriculture,  Library 
of  the  Department  of  (U.  S.).  Bureau  libraries. 

Fairmont  Seminary,  2701  i4th  St.,  corner  Fairmont  St.  NW. 
Mrs.  Lillian  Hill,  librarian.  41 

HISTORY. — The  library  was  started  when  the  seminary  was  founded  in  1899, 
and  has  developed  with  the  school. 

RBGULATIOXS. — Open  9  a.  m.  to  10  p.  m.  School  library  open  only  to  the  stu- 
dents of  the  seminary. 

RESOURCES. — About  3,000  vols.  and  24  maps.  Average  growth  per  year,  about 
100  vols.  The  library  covers  the  fields  of  history,  biography,  travel,  fiction,  essay, 

and  poetry.      V-1rvm  rJth*  IraAinf  mapmnrt  M>  ffgntarty  tvrrnrrtt  tnr  tttf  rvaAmf 


Farm  Management,  Office  of  (U.  S.).    See  Agriculture,  Library 
of  the  Department  of  (U.  S.).     Bureau  libraries. 


22  LIBRARY  OF  CONGRESS 

Fisheries,  Bureau  of  (U.  S.  Department  of  Commerce),  NW. 
corner  of  6th  and  B  Sts.  SW.  Miss  Rose  M.  MacDonald,  librarian. 

42 

REGULATIONS. — Open  from  9  a.  m.-4.3o  p.  m.  daily  except  Sundays  and  holi- 
days. The  library  is  maintained  primarily  for  the  investigators  of  the  bureau, 
to  whom  are  lent  any  books  desired  either  for  field  or  office  work.  The  library  is 
also  open  to  the  public  for  reference  use. 

The  bureau  maintains  branch  libraries  at  the  laboratories  at  Woods  Hole,  Beau- 
fort, and  Freeport  for  the  use  of  the  investigators  at  those  stations.  Books  are 
temporarily  transferred  from  the  central  library  to  the  branch  libraries.  Engages 
in  interlibrary  loans. 

RESOURCES. — About  28,695  vols.  Average  growth  per  year  450  vols.  The 
library  is  strong  in  ichthyology,  commercial  fisheries,  fish  culture,  aquiculture, 
limnology,  oceanography,  and  hydro-biology.  There  is  a  subject  and  author 
catalogue. 

Foreign  and  Domestic  Commerce,  Bureau  of  (U.  S.  Department 
of  Commerce),  Commerce  Building,  igth  St.  and  Pa.  Ave.  NW. 
Edward  Whitney,  in  charge.  43 

HISTORY. — The  present  library  was  formed  by  the  consolidation,  under  act  of 
August  23,  1912,  of  the  Bureau  of  Manufactures  and  the  Bureau  of  Statistics.  The 
books  prior  to  that  time,  with  the  exception  of  a  very  small  portion,  constituted 
the  library  of  the  latter  bureau,  which,  upon  its  organization  in  1866,  began  to 
collect  foreign  official  trade  publications,  etc.  These  at  first  were  kept  in  the  room 
of  the  chief  clerk,  under  the  immediate  charge  of  a  special  clerk.  In  the  early 
seventies  the  number  of  books  had  increased  to  such  an  extent  as  to  warrant  a 
special  library  room  and  the  appointment  of  a  librarian.  From  that  time  to  this, 
the  library  has  maintained  a  steady  growth,  principally  through  the  medium  of 
exchange  of  documents  with  foreign  governments,  United  States  departmental 
offices,  and  private  publishers,  with  occasional  purchases  by  means  of  congressional 
appropriation  allowed  for  that  purpose.  It  is  the  intention  of  the  department  to 
consolidate  this  library  with  the  Department  of  Commerce  library  at  a  later  date. 

REGULATIONS. — Open  9  a.  m.-4.3o  p.  m.  daily  except  Sundays  and  holidays. 
Reference  library  primarily  for  the  use  of  the  bureau,  but  anyone  interested  in 
commercial  or  other  economic  subjects  is  allowed  to  use  the  books  in  the  library. 

RESOURCES. — About  18,000  vols.  and  2,000  pamphlets.  Average  increase,  300 
vols.  per  year.  Receives  regularly  between  300  and  400  trade  papers  and  periodi- 
cals, about  three-fourths  of  which  are  filed  either  permanently  or  for  a  limited 
period.  The  library  is  strong  in  official  trade  and  navigation  reports  and  statistics. 
Card  catalogue  incomplete. 

Forest  Service  (U.  S.).  See  Agriculture,  Library  of  the  Depart- 
ment of  (U.  S.).  Bureau  libraries. 

Franciscan  Monastery,  head  of  Quincy  St.,  Brookland,  D.  C. 
Father  Godfrey  Hunt,  in  charge.  44 

HISTORY. — The  monastery  was  founded  about  1899  and  the  building  dedicated 
in  1900.  The  collection  of  books  was  begun  almost  immediately  by  Father  God- 
frey Schilling,  who  remained  in  charge  for  a  few  years.  After  his  departure  not 


LIBRARIES  IN  THE   DISTRICT   OF   COLUMBIA      23 

much  was  done  for  some  time,  but  at  present  the  library  is  being  put  into  a  newly 
prepared  room,  in  which  steel  stacks  will  be  erected  later. 

REGULATIONS. — The  library  is  open  at  all  times  to  the  members  of  the  order 
and  to  the  public  for  reference  use  throughout  the  day  and  evening. 

RESOURCES. — There  are  from  8,000  to  10,000  vols.,  the  exact  figures  not  being 
available  at  present.  The  library  has  a  good  collection  in  religion  and  philosophy. 
Specializes  in  everything  relating  to  the  Franciscan  order. 

Friends'  Select  School,  1800-1817  I  St.  NW.  45 

There  is  a  reference  and  school  library  of  about  1,500  vols.  open  throughout  the 
school  year  to  the  teachers  and  students. 

General  Land  Office,  Law  Library  (U.  S.  Department  of  the 
Interior),  ;th  to  8th  and  E  to  F  Sts.  NW.  H.  Raymond  Sheppard, 
librarian.  46 

REGULATIONS. — Open  9  a.  m.-4.30  p.  m.  daily  except  Sundays  and  holidays. 
Reference  library  for  the  use  of  the  staff  of  the  General  Land  Office  only.  Does 
not  engage  in  interlibrary  loans. 

RESOURCES. — About  4,000  vols.  consisting  of  federal  and  state  statutes  and 
reports,  text  books,  digests,  cyclopedias,  etc.  Card  index. 

Geological  Survey,  Library  of  the  (U.  S.  Department  of  the 
Interior),  1330  F  St.  NW.  Miss  Julia  L.  V.  McCord,  librarian.  47 

HISTORY. — Organized  in  1882,  when  the  first  librarian,  Mr.  Chas.  C.  Darwin, 
from  the  Library  of  Congress,  was  appointed.  He  commenced  systematically  to 
collect  a  library  of  geological  literature,  using  as  a  nucleus  a  heritage  of  several 
thousand  volumes  from  the  discontinued  Hayden,  King,  and  Powell  surveys.  A 
collection  of  1,882  books,  largely  early  American  geology,  was  purchased  from 
Robert  Clarke,  of  Cincinnati,  and  a  little  later  the  Des  X  overs  collection  of  about 
600  geological  separates  was  acquired.  An  extensive  system  of  exchange  of  the 
Survey's  publications  was  inaugurated  by  which  the  library  received,  and  con- 
tinues to  receive,  important  additions,  consisting  largely  of  transactions  of  societies 
and  other  serials,  but  also  not  a  few  monographs.  Mr.  Darwin  continued  as 
librarian  until  December,  1902,  when  he  was  superseded  by  Mr.  F.  B.  Weeks,  who 
introduced  the  modern  method  of  cataloguing  and  reclassified  the  library,  which  at 
that  tune  contained  over  51,000  vols.  Mr.  Weeks  was  succeeded  in  April,  1908, 
by  the  present  librarian,  Miss  J.  L.  V.  McCord. 

REGULATIONS. — Open  9  a.  m.-4.3o  p.  m.  daily  except  Sundays  and  holidays. 
Reference  library  primarily  for  the  use  of  the  employees  of  the  Survey.  It  is  also 
by  special  act  of  Congress  (Public  Resolution  N"o.  8,  approved  April  12,  1892), 
"accessible,  under  such  rules  and  restrictions  as  the  officers  in  charge  *  *  *  may 
prescribe  *  *  *  to  the  scientific  investigators  and  to  students  of  any  institu- 
tion of  higher  education  now  incorporated  or  hereafter  to  be  incorporated  under 
the  laws  of  Congress  or  of  the  District  of  Columbia. ' '  The  library  is  open  to  every- 
one for  reference;  books  are  lent  for  use  in  Washington  to  members  of  the  Survey, 
to  the  librarians  of  other  scientific  libraries,  and  to  scientific  workers  properly 
accredited  to  the  librarian,  for  use  outside  of  Washington,  only  in  specially  urgent 
cases,  on  approval  of  the  director. 

RESOURCES. — About  90,000  vols.;  100,000  pamphlets;  25,000  maps.  Growth 
about  2,600  vols.  per  year.  The  library  is  restricted  to  geology  (broadly  defined) 
and  related  sciences.  Catalogues  (card)  author,  subject,  serials,  map. 


24  UBRARY   OF   CONGRESS 

It  has  almost  complete  sets  of  the  publications  of  national  and  State  geological 
surveys,  both  of  America  and  foreign  countries,  and  sets  of  all  serials  devoted  to 
geology.  It  contains  practically  all  the  literature  of  geology,  paleontology,  and 
mineralogy.  The  bibliographic  section  is  especially  strong. 

PUBLICATIONS. — (Annual)  Bibliography  of  North  American  geology,  with  sub- 
ject index.  In  preparation:  A  comprehensive  bibliography  of  North  American 
geology,  from  1792,  with  subject  index. 

Geophysical  Laboratory,  Carnegie  Institution  of  Washington, 
Upton  St.  near  Conn.  Ave.  NW.  48 

REGULATIONS. — Open  9  a.  m.-4.3o  p.  m.  daily  except  Sundays.  Reference 
library  for  the  use  of  the  staff  of  the  laboratory. 

RESOURCES. — About  1,500  vols.  mostly  relating  to  the  subjects  investigated  by 
the  laboratory. 

George  Washington  University,  2023  G  St.  NW.  Alfred  Francis 
William  Schmidt,  librarian.  49 

Law  Library,  New  Masonic  Temple,  ijth  St.  between  New  York  Ave. 
and  G  St.  NW. 

Medical  Library,  1325  H  St.  NW. 
.See  also: 

College  of  Veterinary  Medicine,  2113  i4th  St.  NW. 
National  College  of  Pharmacy,  808  I  St.  NW. 

HISTORY. — George  Washington  University  was  established  as  a  theological 
school  under  the  title  of  Columbian  College  of  the  District  of  Columbia,  by  act  of 
Congress  in  1821,  and  the  library  goes  back  to  the  same  date,  as  shown  by  certain 
books  which  bear  the  stamp  of  1821.  In  1873  the  name  was  changed  to  Columbian 
University,  and  on  September  i,  1904,  its  present  name  was  adopted.  Its  growth 
•was  slow,  for  even  as  late  as  July  i,  1906,  the  arts  and  sciences  library  contained 
only  10,000  vols.  and  pamphlets.  At  that  time  the  Heinzel  library  (7,200  books 
and  pamphlets)  was  purchased,  and  the  following  year  the  Wachsmuth  library 
(7,900  books  and  pamphlets).  In  1908  the  Mount  Vernon  alcove  on  international 
law  and  political  science  was  founded  through  the  generosity  of  Mr.  Andrew  Car- 
negie. Previous  to  1904  the  librarian  was  also  registrar,  but  in  that  year  Miss 
Harriet  Freeby  was  appointed  first  regular  librarian,  serving  from  1904  to  1906. 
She  changed  the  classification  from  the  Dewey  decimal  to  the  Cutter  system, 
which  has  since  been  retained.  Since  1906  Prof.  Schmidt  has  performed  the  duties 
of  librarian  in  addition  to  his  regular  work  as  professor. 

Since  the  period  of  financial  stringency  in  1911  the  library  quarters  have  been 
inadequate  to  display  the  resources  of  the  collection  or  to  make  them  readily  acces- 
sible. The  quarters  at  present  assigned  to  the  library  consist  of  the  large  reading 
room  which  contains  all  the  reading  texts,  etc.,  necessary  for  the  regular  schoolroom 
work;  a  second  room  which  is  used  for  storage  purposes  and  at  the  same  time  is 
a  classroom,  and  hi  addition  a  regular  stack  room  in  which  the  nonusable  books 
are  simply  stored. 

The  medical  library  has  always  been  distinct  from  the  main  library  and  has 
formed  a  part  of  the  medical  department. 

The  law  library  was  an  integral  part  of  the  general  library  until  the  completion 
of  the  new  building,  when  it  was  separated  from  the  main  collection  and  moved 
into  its  new  quarters,  since  when  it  has  been  a  part  of  the  law  department. 


LIBRARIES  IN  THE   DISTRICT   OF   COLUMBIA      25 

REGULATIONS. — Open  from  9  a.  m.-6.4o  p.  m.  on  regular  school  days.  Regular 
university  library;  privileges  extended  to  university  students,  faculty,  alumni. 
Engages  in  inter  library  loans. 

RESOURCES. — 45,740  vols. ,  of  which  38,221  constitute  the  arts  and  sciences  library 
(10,759  unbound),  5,901  vols.  constitute  the  law  library,  and  1,618  vols.  make  up 
the  medical  library.  The  average  growth  per  year  from  1006  to  191 1  was  about  2,000 
vols.,  but  since  that  time,  owing  to  the  straitened  finanrial  condition  of  the 
university,  the  accessions  have  fallen  to  729  vols.  for  last  year. 

Special  mention  should  be  made  of  a  collection  on  Germanic  philology  and  allied 
subjects,  the  library  of  the  late  Prof.  Richard  Heinzel  of  the  University  of  Vienna, 
and  the  classical  library  of  Prof.  Curt  Wachsmuth  of  the  University  of  Leipzig, 
and  finally  the  special  collection  of  over  4,000  vols.  on  international  law  and  political 
science  known  as  the  Mount  Vernon  alcove  which  was  established  by  Mr.  Carnegie. 
The  library  has  also  a  rather  valuable  collection  of  theological  books. 

Georgetown  University,  Riggs  Memorial  Library,  37th  and  O  Sts. 
NW.  Rev.  Henry  J.  Shandelle,  S.  J.,  librarian.  50 

In  addition  to  the  Riggs  Memorial  Library,  which  is  the  main  library 
of  the  university,  there   are  the  following  department  libraries  located 
within  the  university  grounds: 
Hirst  Library. 

Morgan  Maryland  Colonial  History  Library. 
Observatory  Library. 

HISTORY. — The  university  library  was  established  with  the  foundation  of  the 
college  in  1789  and  in  1891  transferred  to  the  hall  in  the  south  pavilion  of  the  Healy 
Building,  which  Elisha  Francis  Riggs,  Esq.,  financier  and  philanthropist  of  Wash- 
ington, had  equipped  with  galleries,  alcoves,  and  a  main  reading  room  for  the  pur- 
pose. In  recognition  of  his  munificence,  it  was  named  the  Riggs  Memorial  Library, 
after  the  father  and  brother  of  the  founder.  In  1911  Mr.  Riggs  furnished  the 
"annex,"  which  is  calculated  to  hold  70,000  vols.,  and  also  serves  as  a  minor  art 
ealfcry. 

REGULATIONS. — This  is  the  general  library  of  Georgetown  University.  It  is 
open  from  8  a.  m.-s  p.  m.,  and  at  the  same  hours  on  Sundays  and  holidays  to  visi- 
tors. It  is  mainly  a  reference  library.  Privileges  are  extended  to  students  in  the 
arts  and  sciences  and  to  persons  known  to  the  president  and  faculty  of  the  uni- 
versity. It  does  not  engage  in  interlibrary  loans. 

RESOURCES. — The  number  of  volumes  in  1913  was  106,341,  and  pamphlets  62,649, 
with  an  average  annual  increase  of  2,500  books  and  1,250  pamphlets.  The  library- 
contains  some  hundred  vols.  printed  between  1472  and  1520;  a  rare  line  of  religious 
polemics  in  monastic  bindings;  alcoves  ol  liturgical,  ascetical,  and  hagiographical 
works;  a  remarkable  assembly  of  books  on  the  American  Indian  languages,  and  a 
comprehensive  and  serviceable  collection  of  volumes  in  the  fine  arts. 

Hirst  Library,  Georgetown  College.    Rev.Mark  J.  McNeal,  S.  J.,  librarian. 
HISTORY. — The  Hirst  Library,  named  after  Anthony  A.  Hirst,  LL.  D.,  *oi, 
of  Philadelphia,  is  the  final  aggregation  of  the  three  libraries  of  the  col- 
lege societies  endowed  by  the  students  and  maintained  by  an  annual  fee. 
REGULATIONS. — Open  daily  from  12  m.-i  p.  m.,  and  from  6  p.  m.-7  p.  m. ; 
for  consultation  Sunday  from  7  a.  m.-io  p.  m.,  and  Wednesday  and  Satur- 
day from  noon  to  10  p.  m.    Privileges  extended  to  all  the  students  of  George- 
39895—14 4 


26  LIBRARY    OF   CONGRESS 

town  University.  It  is  the  students'  library  of  general  scope,  both  cir- 
culating and  reference.  It  does  not  engage  in  interlibrary  loans. 

Morgan  Maryland  Colonial  History  Library,  Georgetown  College. 
Rev.  Edward  I.  Devitt,  S.  J.,  librarian. 

HISTORY. — The  James  Ethelbert  Morgan  Fund  established  through  the 
generosity  of  Carroll  Morgan  provides  for  this  library  mainly  composed  of 
books  pertaining  to  the  history  of  Maryland  and  the  District  of  Columbia. 
Its  importance  is  enhanced  by  the  large,  perfectly  constructed  archive  or 
muniment  vault  which  contains  old  papers,  documents,  and  forms  a  de- 
pository to  which  Maryland  and  District  families  are  invited  to  contribute 
their  ancestral  and  other  valuable  papers.  With  it  is  connected  a  museum 
of  historical  relics  synchronous  with  the  books  and  documents. 

REGULATIONS. — Open  from  8  a.  m.-n  a.  m.,  and  from  2  p.  m.-s  p.  m. 
daily.  Its  privileges  are  extended  to  students  and  investigators  of  Mary- 
land Colonial  and  District  of  Columbia  history  for  consultation.  It  is 
purely  a  library  of  reference  and  does  not  engage  in  interlibrary  loans. 

RESOURCES. — It  contains  about  3,000  vols.  and  750  pamphlets. 

Observatory  Library,  located  on  Observatory  Hill  to  the  west  of  the 
Georgetown  College.  Rev.  John  T.  Hedrick,  S.  J.,  librarian. 

This  is  strictly  a  scientific  library  consisting  mainly  of  works  in  astronomy 
and  mathematics  for  the  use  of  the  observatory  staff  only.  It  contains  about 
2,000  vols.  and  1,500  pamphlets  collected  since  the  erection  of  the  astronomi- 
cal observatory  in  1846. 

Georgetown  University  Law  School  Library,  506  E  St.  NW. 
Hugh  J.  Fegan,  librarian.  51 

REGULATIONS. — Open  from  9  a.  m.-g  p.  m.  daily  except  Sundays  during  the 
college  term.  Reference  library  for  the  use  of  students  and  university  graduates. 
Does  not  engage  in  interlibrary  loans. 

RESOURCES. — 4,720  vols.;  growth  of  from  250  to  500  vols.  yearly.  A  carefully 
selected  students'  law  library  strong  in  American  state  reports.  From  a  fund 
arising  from  the  Denman  bequest  it  specializes  in  works  on  Constitutional  law. 

Georgetown  University  Medical  College  Library,  at  the  Medical 
College,  920  H  St.  NW.,  and  at  the  hospital,  southwest  cor.  of  35th 
and  N  Sts.  NW.  Frederick  Shriver,  librarian.  52 

REGULATIONS. — Open  from  9  a.  m.-s  p.  m.  daily  except  Sundays  during  the 
college  year.  Strictly  a  professional  reference  library  intended  for  the  use  of  the 
medical  students  and  members  of  the  medical  profession.  Does  not  engage  in 
interlibrary  loans. 

RESOURCES. — In  the  section  located  at  the  Medical  College  there  are  3,014  vols. 
besides  numerous  pamphlets.  In  the  section  located  at  the  Georgetown  University 
Hospital  is  the  fine  collection  of  the  dean,  Dr.  George  M.  Kober  (containing  about 
1,500  vols),  which  specializes  in  public  hygiene  and  dietetics. 

Georgetown  Visitation  Convent,  1524  35th  St.,  near  P  St.  NW.     53 

REGULATIONS. — Open  from  2  p.  m.-4  p.  m.  daily  except  Saturday  and  Sunday 
when  the  hours  are  from  9  a.  m.-4  p.  m.  Reference  library  for  the  use  of  the  students 
and  faculty. 

RESOURCES. — About  6,000  vols.;  24  of  the  leading  periodicals  are  currently 
received . 


LIBRARIES   IN  THE   DISTRICT   OF   COLUMBIA      2J 

Gonzaga  Library,  New  Gonzaga  College  Building,  19  I  St.  NW. 
Rev.  E.  DeL.  McDonnell,  S.  J.,  librarian.  54 

REGULATIONS. — Open  every  school  day.  Reference  library  for  use  of  the  stu- 
dents and  faculty  of  the  college  and  clergy  of  St.  Aloysius  church. 

RESOURCES. — About  30.000  vols.  The  library  is  specially  strong  in  philosophy 
and  theology. 

Gospel  Mission  Library,  214-216  4.K  St.  N\V.  55 

A  reading  room  with  about  500  books  of  a  popular  character  was  slant  d  during 
the  past  winter  and  is  proving  a  success. 

Government  Hospital  for  the  Insane,  Nichols  Ave.,  Congress 
Heights,  SE.  Mrs.  Louise  S.  Hough,  librarian.  56 

HISTORY. — The  institution  was  founded  about  1855.  Two  libraries  have  grown 
up,  the  patients'  library  and  the  medical  library. 

REGULATIONS. — The  medical  library  is  open  at  all  hours  to  the  faculty  of  the 
institution.  The  patients'  library  is  open  on  Monday  and  Thursday  of  each  week. 

RESOURCES. — There  are  about  4,000  vols.  in  the  medical  library,  especially 
strong  in  neurology  and  psychiatry.  The  patients'  library  consists  cf  about  6,000 
vols.,  mostly  in  general  literature  and  fiction.  Forty-five  medical  journals  and 
10  magazines  of  a  general  character  are  currently  received. 

Government  Printing  Office  (U.  S.).  A  circulating  library  was 
formerly  maintained,  but  it  was  abolished  by  act  of  March  4,  1909. 
The  books  were  mostly  sent  to  the  Public  Library.  There  is  now 
only  a  small  working  library  relating  to  printing.  57 

See  also  Public  Documents  Library,  Superintendent  of  Documents  Office. 

Grand  Lodge,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons  of  the  District  of 
Columbia,  Masonic  Temple,  i3th  St.  and  New  York  Ave.  NW. 
Horace  S.  Naylor,  librarian.  58 

HISTORY. — The  library  had  its  origin  in  a  recommendation  submitted  to  the 
Grand  Lodge.  F.  A.  A.  M.,  in  1849.  The  object  was  to  have  a  library  cf  Masonic 
works  only  and  to  limit  its  use  to  Masons  cf  the  District  of  Columbia.  This  idea 
was  carried  out  until  Jan.  1873.  when  the  library  was  opened  to  the  public,  and 
fiction  added.  The  demand  for  fiction  increased  steadily  until  the  library  has 
outgrown  the  idea  of  a  strictly  Masonic  reference  collection,  and  is  now  supplying 
its  readers  more  with  popular  novels  than  with  Masonic  literature. 

The  library  is  maintained  by  an  annual  appropriation  from  the  Grand  Lodge, 
expanded  under  the  direction  of  a  committee. 

REGULATIONS. — Open  10  a.  m.-8  p.  m.;  Sundays  and  holidays  excepted.  Cir- 
culating library  of  general  fiction  and  Masonic  reference  works.  Under  certain 
conditions  the  library  is  free  to  the  general  public;  the  reader  must  be  recommended 
by  a  Mason.  Does  not  engage  in  interlibrary  loans. 

RESOURCES.^— 3,127  vols.  Growth  in  1913,  170  vols.  The  library  has  no  special 
collection  outside  of  Masonry.  Its  ami  is  to  supply  approved  current  fiction  to 
the  general  reader  and  works  on  Masonry  to  those  engaged  in  the  study  of  that 
subject.  It  maintains  a  card  catalogue. 

Holy  Cross  Academy.    See  Academy  of  the  Holy  Cross. 


28  LIBRARY   OF   CONGRESS 

Holy  Cross  College,  Harewood  Road  NE.  (Brookland).  Very 
Rev.  James  Burns,  Superior,  C.  S.  C.  59 

REGULATIONS. — Open  daily  throughout  the  school  year.  Theological  reference 
library  for  the  use  of  the  students  and  faculty.  Does  not  engage  in  interlibrary 
loans. 

RESOURCES. — About  10,000  vpls.  Average  growth  per  year,  about  500  vols. 
Rich  in  theological  works  and  the  writings  of  the  Latin  fathers.  Card  catalogue 
nearly  complete. 

House  of  Representatives  Library  (U.  S.),  The  Capitol.  H.  C. 
McCarthy,  librarian.  60 

HISTORY. — The  first  mention  of  this  library  occurs  in  1828.  For  some  interest- 
ing facts  in  connection  with  it,  see  W.  D.  Johnston's  History  of  the  Library  of 
Congress,  v.  i,  p.  387-392. 

REGULATIONS. — Open  9  a.  m.-4.3o  p.  m.,  or  until  the  adjournment  of  the  House. 
Reference  library  exclusively  for  the  use  of  Members  of  Congress.  Does  not  engage 
in  interlibrary  loans. 

RESOURCES. — About  25,000  vols.  in  the  working  collection  and  450,000  vols.  in 
reserve.  Except  for  a  few  general  reference  books  the  collection  consists  of  United 
States  documents,  50  copies  of  each  document  published  being  received.  Perhaps 
in  no  other  library  is  duplication  carried  to  such  a  high  point  as  is  found  necessary 
in  this,  on  account  of  the  peculiar  nature  of  the  service  rendered. 

Howard  University  Carnegie  Library,  6th  St.  and  Howard  PI.  NW- 
Miss  Grace  Llscom  Hewett,  librarian.  61 

HISTORY. — Founded  in  1867  by  the  gift  of  a  Webster's  Dictionary.  Soon  after 
the  private  library  of  Dr.  D.  B.  Nichols,  one  of  the  founders  of  the  university,  and 
its  first  librarian,  was  purchased.  Dr.  Nichols  served  as  librarian  from  1867-1882, 
at  the  same  time  doing  other  work  in  the  university.  Through  his  efforts  many 
large  donations  of  books  were  made.  In  1874,  5°°  vols.  from  Lewis  Tappan  were 
acquired,  to  be  kept  as  a  special  collection  under  the  designation  The  Tappan 
antislavery  library. 

Dr.  C.  H.  R.  Bulkley  was  the  second  librarian,  also  combining  some  teaching 
with  his  library  administration;  during  his  term  the  number  of  vols.  was  increased 
to  13,000.  In  1891  Miss  Irene  C.  Tyler  was  appointed  librarian,  the  first  to  devote 
her  whole  time  to  the  work.  The  library  was  then  kept  open  for  the  first  time 
during  the  school  day.  In  1898  Miss  Flora  L.  P.  Johnson  was  appointed  and 
began  to  classify  and  catalogue  the  collection,  a  difficult  undertaking  in  the  over- 
crowded condition  of  the  library. 

In  1910  Mr.  Andrew  Carnegie  gave  $50,000  for  a  library  building  with  the  stipu- 
lation that  an  income  of  $5,000  annually  should  be  assured  for  its  support. 

The  law  school  has  its  own  library  in  the  law  building  and  the  medical  school 
intends  to  move  its  collection  to  the  medical  building,  but  remaining  also  a  branch 
of  the  general  library. 

REGULATIONS. — Open  8  a.  m.-8.3o  p.m.;  medical  room  open  until  10  p.  m., 
Sundays  and  holidays  excepted.  General  and  reference  library  for  the  free  use  of 
the  faculty  and  students  of  the  university,  and  for  the  alumni  students  on  pay- 
ment of  $i  library  fee.  The  library  borrows  from  the  Public  Library  and  from  the 
Library  of  Congress. 


LIBRARIES   IN   THE   DISTRICT   OF   COLUMBIA      29 

RESOURCES. — 29.700  vols.  and  22,000  pamphlets,  making  a  total  of  51,700,  includ- 
ing the  Law  library  of  3,200  vols.  and  200  pamphlets.  Growth  in  1912-13, 846  vols. 
The  library  is  strong  in  antislavery  books,  including  the  Tappan  antislavery 
collection.  Card  catalogue. 

Hydrographic  Office  (U.  S.  Navy  Department),  Mills  Building, 
lyth  St.  and  Pa.  Ave.  NW.  62 

There  is  a  small  collection  of  books  consisting  of  sailing  directions,  and  books  of 
reference  of  a  technical  character  pertaining  to  the  work  of  the  office,  most  of  which 
have  been  received  by  way  of  exchange  from  other  offices  engaged  in  similar  work. 

Immaculate  Seminary,  Nebraska  and  Wisconsin  Aves.  NW.      63 

REGULATIONS. — Hours  and  days  of  opening  are  suited  to  the  convenience  of 
the  students,  no  regular  time  being  fixed.  Reference  library  for  the  use  of  the 
inmates  of  the  seminary.  Does  not  engage  in  interlibrary  loans. 

RESOURCES. — About  1,500  vols.  Growth  last  year,  30  vols.  The  library  has  a 
good  working  collection  of  general  literature  and  subjects  taught  in  the  school. 
t>ut  is  strongest  in  English  literature  and  carefully  selected  fiction.  Dewey  sys- 
tem in  use. 

Immaculate  Conception  College  (Dominican),  487  Michigan  Ave. 
NE.  (Brookland).  Rev.  Thomas  a  K.  Reilly,  O.  P.,  librarian.  64 

REGULATIONS. — Open  for  students  from  n  a.  m.  to  12  m.  on  class  days,  to  the 
faculty  at  all  hours.  Circulating  and  reference  library  for  the  faculty  and  students 
of  the  college  and  students  of  the  Catholic  University.  Prior's  (Superior's)  permis- 
sion required  for  all  books  lent  to  outsiders,  always  granted  en  request.  Dees  not 
engage  in  interlibrary  loans. 

RESOURCES. — About  15,000  vols.  and  a  small  collection  of  unimportant  pam- 
phlets and  liturgical  manuscripts.  The  increase  in  1913  was  about  500  vols.,  mostly 
patrology.  While  the  collection  is  intended  primarily  for  ecclesiastical  students, 
the  subjects  are  not  restricted.  The  library  is,  however,  strong  in  philosophy, 
theology,  and  canon  law.  There  are  various  editions  of  St.  Tfccrnas  Aquinas 
(O.  P.),  and  various  commentaries  on  his  works,  nctably  the  Leonine  edition  of 
Cajetan  on  St.  Thomas,  and  the  complete  works  of  Albertus  Magnus,  O.  P.  There 
is  a  card  catalogue. 

Immigration,  Bureau  of  (U.  S.  Department  of  Labor),  513-515 
i4th  St.  NW.  65 

The  bureau  has  a  collection  of  about  1,000  vols.  for  office  use,  consisting  largely 
of  law  books  and  reports  touching  immigration  matters.  There  are  also  a  few  vol- 
umes dealing  with  immigration  in  a  more  general  way.  and  some  beaks  on  foreign 
countries  which  treat  especially  of  their  people,  their  manners,  customs,  habits,  etc. 

Indian  Affairs,  Office  of  (U.  S.  Department  of  the  Interior), 
Pension  Building,  G  St.  bet.  4th  and  5th  Sts.  NW.  M.  S.  Cook, 
clerk  in  charge  of  library.  66 

HISTORY. — The  library  had  as  its  nucleus  a  collection  of  some  100  or  more  vols. 
purchased  in  the  early  seventies  for  the  use  of  the  historiographer.  This  position 
was  discontinued  in  a  few  years  without  any  of  the  results  of  his  labors  being  pub- 
lished. The  work  of  bringing  into  one  place  the  books  scattered  about  the  office 


30  LIBRARY   OF   CONGRESS 

and  cataloguing  them  was  begun  in  1899.  But  few  purchases  have  been  made,  as 
there  is  no  library  fund,  and  the  accessions,  excepting  Government  documents, 
have,  therefore,  been  somewhat  fortuitous.  Although  the  library  has  not  been 
regularly  provided  for  by  law,  and  the  work  put  on  it  entirely  clerical,  it  has  grown 
up  to  meet  a  real  need  of  the  office  for  information  concerning  Indian  affairs. 

In  1910  the  law  books  belonging  to  the  office  were  collected  in  one  place,  and  thus 
what  is  known  as  the  Law  Library  was  established.  It  consists  of  about  525  vols., 
mostly  United  States  statutes,  court  reports,  opinions  of  the  Attorney  General,  and 
decisions  of  the  Comptroller,  likely  to  contain  matter  of  interest  in  connection  with 
Indian  affairs.  It  has  not  been  catalogued,  and  is  not  in  charge  of  the  clerk  who 
acts  as  librarian  for  the  other  collection  of  books. 

REGULATIONS. — Open  from  9  a.  m.-4.3o  p.  m.  daily  except  Sundays  and  holi- 
days. Reference  library  for  the  use  of  the  clerks  in  the  Office  of  Indian  Affairs. 

RESOURCES. — About  1,050  vols.  in  addition  to  the  525  vols.  in  the  law  library 
mentioned  above.  The  collection  consists  of  books  relating  more  or  less  directly  to 
Indians  and  is,  in  fact,  a  technical  working  library  in  the  field  covered  by  the  activi- 
ties of  the  office.  Special  mention  should  be  made  of  a  complete  set  cf  the  annual 
reports  of  the  Indian  Office,  of  which  very  few  exist,  and  a  collection  of  Congressional 
documents  and  miscellaneous  pamphlets  relating  to  Indians,  bound  in  98  vols.  of 
about  1,000  pages  each.  This  set  of  volumes  has  continuous  paging,  and  is  indexed 
in  handwriting  by  subjects,  in  2  vols.  When  this  indexing  was  begun,  about  1878, 
card  catalogues  were  not  in  use,  and  the  original  system  has  been  continued.  There 
is  a  card  catalogue  of  the  main  collection  by  authors  and  subjects,  the  subjects  being 
mainly  the  references  in  the  books  to  Indian  tribes. 

Industrial  Relations,  Commission  on  (U.  S.),  Southern  Building, 
i5th  and  H  Sts.  NW.  Miss  Clara  Alida  Richards,  librarian.  67 

REGULATIONS. — Open  9  a.  m.-5  p.  m.  daily  except  Sundays  and  holidays.  Ref- 
erence library  primarily  for  the  use  of  the  staff  of  the  commission,  but  open  to 
anyone  wishing  to  consult  the  material.  Engages  in  interlibrary  loans. 

RESOURCES. — About  i,  ooo  vols.  restricted  to  labor  questions  and  allied  subjects. 
Card  catalogue. 

Insular  Affairs,  Bureau  of  (U.  S.  War  Department).  State,  War, 
and  Navy  Building,  southeast  corner  of  xyth  St.  and  Pa.  Ave.,  rooms 
246,  248,  250.  Mrs.  C.  S.  Coles,  librarian.  68 

HISTORY. — The  collection'  was  begun  in  1898,  so  that  the  bureau  might  have 
readily  available  all  published  matter  relating  to  noncontiguous  territory,  and 
during  the  time  of  its  existence  has  served  to  answer  the  constantly  recurring 
questions  concerning  the  noncontiguous  territory  of  the  United  States. 

REGULATIONS.— Open  9  a.  m.-4.3o  p.  m.  daily  except  Sundays  and  holidays. 
Reference  library  primarily  for  the  use  of  the  bureau,  but  may  be  used  by  anyone. 
Does  not  engage  in  interlibrary  loans. 

RESOURCES. — About  1,485  vols.  exclusive  of  pamphlets  and  several  hundred 
vols.  of  unbound  official  gazettes  of  Porto  Rico,  Cuba,  etc.,  some  of  which  it  would 
be  very  difficult  to  duplicate.  There  are  about  500  maps.  Average  growth  about 
100  vols.  and  100  maps  per  year.  The  collection  is  composed  almost  entirely  ol 
reports,  laws,  maps,  and  some  manuscripts  relating  mainly  to  noncontiguous 
territory  and  receives  currently  the  official  reports  and  many  newspapers  from 
such  regions.  There  is  a  card  catalogue. 


LIBRARIES  IN  THE   DISTRICT  OF   COLUMBIA      31 

Internationa]  Bureau  of  American  Republics.  This  became  the 
Pan  American  Union  in  1910.  See  Columbus  Memorial  Library, 
Pan  American  Union. 

1    Health    Commission   Library    (The    Rockefeller 


Foundation),  Southern  Building,  i5th  and  H  Sts.  NW.,  room  725. 
Miss  Ono  Mary  Imhoff,  librarian.  69 

The  International  Health  Commission  is  an  outgrowth  of  the  Rockefeller  Sani- 
tary Commission,  organized  in  1909  for  the  eradication  of  book  mum  disease  in  the 
United  States.  It  was  formally  established  by  resolutions  passed  toward  the  end 
of  1913  by  the  Rockefeller  Foundation,  which  had  itself  been  created  by  an  act  of 
the  Xew  York  Legislature  of  May  13, 1913. 

The  collection  of  a  library  has  only  just  been  begun.    For  fuller  information 
concerning  the  plans  and  scope  of  the  ^^•••••••••O^MT**  see  the  "  Resolutions  ^taMictiCTig 

the  Intptnatjflflal  health  •^•iim«*cin«i "  and  "Outline  plan  for  * *^^^*^tm^  in  the 
work  of  relief  and  control  of  Uncinariasis  (Hookworm  disease)  in  infected  coun- 
tries." 

International  Reform  Bureau  (Inc.),  206  Pa.  Ave.  SE.  Mrs.  Wil- 
bur F.  Crafts  in  charge  of  collection.  70 

The  International  Reform  Bureau  was  organized  in  1895,  and  incorporated  on 
May  9.  1896.  "to  promote  those  Christian  reforms  on  which  the  churches  sociologi- 
cally unite,  while  theologically  differing."  There  is  a  private  library  of  several 
thousand  volumes,  and  pamphlets,  and  a  large  collection  of  dippings.  •  The  whole 
will  become  public  when  placed  in  the  new  building  about  to  be  erected  at  the 
comer  of  Pa.  Ave.  and  id  St.  SE. 

Interstate  Commerce  Commission  Library,  1317  P  St.  NW. 
Leroy  Stafford  Boyd,  librarian.  71 

HISTORY. — The  commission  was  establis"  id  in  1887  and  almost  at  once  special 
collections  began  to  accumulate  in  the  offices  of  the  five  commissioners  and  the 
secretary.  In  1894  these  separate  collections  were  brought  together  into  a  regular 
library  which  has  been  maintained  since. 

REGrn_iTioxs. — Open  9  a.  rn.~4.3o  p.  m.  daily  except  Sundays  and  holidays. 
Circulating  library  for  officials  a*1*^  **"*>pV>> »^ ^.  of  the  iimmi^g****^  a«wi  for  officials 
of  other  departments.  Open  to  the  public  for  reference.  Does  not  engage  in 
tnterlibrary  loans  outside  of  Washington. 

RESOURCES. — 16.000  vols.  and  10.000  pamphlets.  125  maps.  Library  strong  in 
railroad  literature  and  law.  Special  collections  of  bills,  reports,  and  documents 
relating  to  Interstate  commerce.  1885  to  date.  Card  catalogue  on  4  by  5  card,  but 
is  rftofif**!  to  adopt  L.  of  C.  printed  cards. 

Justice,  Department  of,  1435  K  St.  NW.  George  Kearney, 
librarian.  72 

HISTORY.— The  library  had  its  beginning  in  the  act  of  March  z.  1831  (4  Stat..  457). 
which  appropriated  $500  for  the  purchase  of  books  for  the  office  of  the  Attorney 
General.  Thereafter  appropriations  were  made  from  year  to  year  with  a  gradual 
iiirirasc  in  the  amount  to  meet  the  actual  needs  of  the  department.  The  collec- 


32  LIBRARY   OF   CONGRESS 

tion  has  been  augmented  by  donations  from  the  other  executive  departments,  and 
from  the  several  States. 

The  office  of  librarian  prior  to  1907  was  not  a  statutory  position,  but  was  filled  by 
a  law  clerk  of  the  department  assigned  to  the  work  by  the  Attorney  General.  By 
the  act  of  February  26,  1907  (34  Stat.,  986),  the  office  of  librarian  was  made  a  statu- 
tory one. 

REGULATIONS. — Open  9  a.  m.-4.3o  p.  m.  daily  except  Sundays  and  holidays.  The 
library  is  a  reference  library  primarily  for  the  use  of  the  officials  of  the  Department 
of  Justice;  its  use  is,  however,  by  courtesy  extended  to  officials  of  other  executive 
departments,  to  the  justices  of  the  Supreme  Court,  the  Court  of  Customs  Appeals, 
the  Court  of  Claims,  the  judges  of  other  courts  in  the  District  of  Columbia,  and 
attorneys  having  cases  before  any  of  said  courts.  Does  not  engage  in  inter- 
library  loans. 

RESOURCES. — About  45,000  vols.  and  pamphlets.  Average  growth  about  1,000 
vols.  per  year.  The  collection  consists  of  session  laws,  codes  and  compilations,  and 
reports  and  digests  of  the  various  States  of  the  Union,  and  of  the  United  States 
British  and  British  colonial  laws  and  reports;  some  foreign  law  other  than  English 
good  collection  of  law  treatises  and  fair  collection  of  legal  periodicals;  reference 
books;  congressional  documents  and  reports;  a  small  collection  of  miscellaneous 
books,  historical,  biographical  and  sociological.  Last  printed  catalogue,  1904. 
Card  catalogue  covering  law  treatises. 

King  Theological  Hall  Library,  2420  6th  St.  NW.  73 

King  Hall,  incorporated  in  1891,  is  a  theological  school  established  by  the  mis- 
sionary council  for  preparing  colored  students  for  holy  orders.  The  library  has 
been  merged  into  Howard  University  Carnegie  Library  and  is  now  known  as  the 
Theological  Loan  Library  from  which  books  are  lent  to  theological  students  for  an 
indefinite  period. 

Labor  Statistics  Library,  Bureau  of  (U.  S.  Department  of  Labor), 
Commerce  Building,  igth  St.  and  Pa.  Ave.  NW.,  rooms  201-209. 
Miss  M.  Alice  Matthews,  librarian.  74 

HISTORY. — The  library  was  begun  in  1885  and  in  the  early  years  consisted  of  a 
miscellaneous  collection  of  books  on  all  subjects.  Within  recent  years  all  books 
not  bearing  upon  labor  or  economic  questions  have  been  discarded,  and  those 
retained  have  been  completely  recatalogued  and  reclassified  according  to  Library 
of  Congress  methods. 

Since  1910  a  trained  librarian  has  been  in  charge  who  hopes  to  make  the  collection 
the  best  of  its  kind  in  this  country.  Students  of  labor  problems  are  invited  to  make 
the  fullest  possible  use  of  the  resources  of  the  library. 

REGULATIONS. — Open  9  a.  m.-4.3o  p.  m.  daily  except  Sundays  and  holidays. 
Reference  library  for  the  use  of  the  employees  of  the  bureau  and  all  students  and 
investigators  of  social  problems.  Books  are  lent  only  by  special  arrangement. 
Engages  in  interlibrary  loans  to  some  extent. 

RESOURCES. — 28,000  vols.  and  pamphlets,  of  which  about  3,000  are  uncatalogued 
and  unbound  vols.  and  pamphlets.  Accessions  in  1913,  3,250  vols.  all  of  which  were 
catalogued.  The  scope  of  the  library  embraces  official  and  unofficial  material, 
dealing  with  all  phases  of  the  labor  problem,  including  statistics,  economics,  and 
social  investigations.  The  library  has  special  collections  of  trade-union  publica- 
tions, domestic  and  foreign  labor,  factory  and  mine  inspection  reports,  cost  of 
Hving,  housing,  industrial  hygiene,  accident  prevention,  social  insurance,  labor 
bibliography.  Card  catalogue  (printed  and  typewritten). 


LIBRARIES   IN  THE   DISTRICT   OF   COLUMBIA      33 

Land  Office.    See  General  Land  Office,  Law  Library. 

Law  Library  of  Congress.  See  Supreme  Court  Library  and 
Congress,  Library  of. 

Lighthouses,  Bureau  of  (U.  S.  Department  of  Commerce),  Com- 
merce Building,  igth  St.  and  Pa.  Ave.  NW.  75 

The  bureau  has  only  a  small  collection  of  working  technical  books.  Most  of 
the  books  of  the  bureau  were  recently  transferred  to  the  library  of  the  Department 
of  Commerce. 

M  Street  High  School,  M  St.  between  New  Jersey  Ave.  and  ist 
St.  NW.  Miss  Julia  B.  Brandon,  librarian.  76 

REGULATIONS. — Open  every  school  day  from  9  a.  rn.-j  p.  m. ,  and  when  necessary 
for  a  half  hour  before  school  and  for  one  hour  after  school;  school  library  for  refer- 
ence and  circulation;  privileges  are  extended  to  the  students  and  faculty  of  the 
school;  does  not  engage  in  interlibrary  loans,  but  works  in  close  relations  with 
the  Public  Library  of  the  District  of  Columbia. 

RESOURCES. — 3,299  vols.  and  pamphlets;  average  appropriation  per  year  of 
about  $85.  Good  working  school  collection  strongest  in  literature,  history,  and 
sociology.  Card  catalogue. 

McKinley  Manual  Training  School,  ;th  St.  and  Rhode  Island 
Ave.  NW.  Miss  Dorothy  DeMuth  Snyder,  librarian.  77 

HISTORY.— The  library  was  started  about  1904.  but  the  first  librarian  was  not 
appointed  until  1909. 

REGULATIONS. — Open  every  school  day  from  8.45  a.  m.-5-3o  p.  m.  School 
library  for  reference  use;  does  not  engage  in  interlibrary  loans,  but  works  in  close 
relations  with  the  Public  Library  of  the  District  of  Columbia. 

RESOURCES. — 1,500  vols.;  average  growth  per  year,  200  vols.  Good  working 
school  collections  in  natural  science,  useful  arts,  literature,  and  history-  Card 
catalogue. 

Marist  College  Library,  Brookland,  D.  C.  Rev.  F.  Georgelin, 
librarian.  78 

REGULATION'S. — Open  "all  the  tune."  Reference  library  in  two  sections,  one 
for  the  use  of  the  staff  of  professors,  the  other  for  the  use  of  the  students.  Does  not 
engage  in  interlibrary  loans. 

RESOURCES. — About  10,000  vols.  and  pamphlets.  Average  growth  per  year 
150  vols.  The  library  is  strong  in  philosophy  and  sacred  sciences.  Card  catalogue 
incomplete. 

Marist  Seminary  Library,  Fort  Drive  and  ad  St.  NE.  Rev.  J.  J. 
Goergen,  in  charge.  79 

REGULATIONS. — Open  every  day.  Reference  library  for  the  use  of  the  members 
of  the  teaching  staff.  Does  not  engage  in  interlibrary  loans. 

RESOURCES. — 3,460  vols.  and  640  pamphlets.  Growth  last  year.  73  vols.  Has 
a  special  collection  of  old  theological  works  and  is  strong  in  works  of  sacred  oratory, 
English  and  French.  Printed  catalogue. 


34  LIBRARY   OF   CONGRESS 

Markets,  Office  of  (U.  S.).  See  Agriculture,  Library  of  the 
Department  of  (U.  S.).  Bureau  libraries. 

Metropolitan  Club,  iyth  and  H  Sts.  NW.  Mr.  P.  Lee  Phillips, 
librarian.  80 

REGULATIONS. — Open  throughout  the  year  during  club  hours,  for  the  use  of 
members  and  their  guests  only,  within  the  club  building. 

RESOURCES. — Over  10,000  vols.  Average  growth  about  500  vols.  per  year.  The 
library  consists  of  general  literature,  with  a  moderate  amount  of  standard  fiction. 
A  printed  catalogue  was  issued  in  1890.  There  is  a  complete  catalogue  in 
manuscript. 

Miller  Library,  Forest  Glen,  Md.  81 

This  interesting  and  remarkable  library  of  a  true  book  lover  is  located  so  near 
the  District  line  that  it  may  well  find  a  place  in  this  compilation.  The  collection 
was  the  private  library  of  J.  De  Witt  Miller.  Since  1901  it  has  been  housed  in  a 
building  especially  erected  for  it  by  his  friends,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  Irvin  Cassidy, 
of  the  National  Park  Seminary  at  Forest  Glen. 

Mines,  Bureau  of  (U.  S.  Department  of  the  Interior),  Bureau  of 
Mines  Building,  710  E  St.  NW.  Mrs.  Edith  F.  Spofford,  librarian. 

82 
HISTORY. — The  library  was  established  in  1911  with  about  700  vols. 

REGULATIONS. — Open  9  a.  m.-4-3o  p.  m.  daily  except  Sundays  and  holidays. 
The  library  is  scientific  and  technical  in  character,  and  is  for  use  in  connection  with 
the  investigations  of  the  bureau.  It  is  divided  between  the  offices  of  the  Bureau 
of  Mines  in  Washington,  Pittsburgh,  Denver,  and  San  Francisco.  Engages  in 
interlibrary  loans. 

RESOURCES. — About  12,000  vols.,  of  which  about  4,000  are  located  in  Washing- 
ton. It  is  strong  in  material  relating  to  mines  and  mining,  especially  mine  acci- 
dents, and  to  the  uses  of  the  mineral  resources  of  the  country.  Card  catalogue. 

Missionary  Library  of  the  Diocese  of  Washington,  D.  C.,  south- 
east corner  of  3d  St.  and  Indiana  Ave.  NW.  Miss  Harriet  O.  Bowie, 
librarian.  83 

REGULATIONS. — Open  from  10  a.  rn.-u  m.  on  Mondays  and  Wednesdays.  Books 
can  be  taken  out  by  applying  to  the  librarian  and  filling  in  a  printed  slip.  They 
can  be  kept  for  two  weeks  and  then  renewed. 

RESOURCES. — 2,559  vols.,  exclusive  of  pamphlets.  The  library  is  general  in 
character,  but  includes  Convention  journals  of  all  the  diocese  and  missionary  dis- 
tricts in  the  United  States.  These  are  kept  on  file,  and  can  not  be  taken  from  the 
library. 

Mount  Vernon  Seminary,  uoo  M  St.,  corner  nth  St.,  NW.  Miss 
Anne  Seymour  Ames,  librarian.  84 

HISTORY.— The  school  was  founded  in  1875  by  Mrs.  Elizabeth  J.  Somers,  who 
has  remained  principal,  but  for  many  years  has  associated  with  herself  Mrs.  A.  G. 
Hensley,  first  as  assistant  principal,  but  latterly  as  co-principal.  The  library  has 
grown  with  the  school. 


LIBRARIES  IN  THE   DISTRICT  OF   COLUMBIA      35 

REGULATIONS. — Open  9  a.  m .-9  p.  m.  every  day  of  the  school  year,  which  extends 
from  about  the  beginning  of  October  to  the  end  of  May.  School  reference  library 
for  use  of  students  and  faculty. 

RESOURCES. — About  2,000  v-ols.  and  25  maps.  Subscribes  for  18  magazines,  of 
which  the  Atlantic,  Century,  Harper's,  and  Scribner's  are  bound,  and  made  avail- 
able by  Poote's  index  for  the  earlier  volumes,  and  the  Readers'  Guide  for  the  later. 
Has  the  privilege  of  drawing  25  books  at  a  time  for  four  weeks  from  the  Pub'ic 
Library. 

National  College  of  Pharmacy,  808  I  St.  NW.  85 

REGULATIONS. — Open  from  9  a.  m.  with  no  fixed  hour  for  closing.  The  reading 
room  is  open  until  up.  m.  Reference  library  for  students  and  faculty. 

RESOURCES. — 2.500  vols.  mostly  confined  to  pharmacy,  pharmaceutical  chemis- 
try, materia  medica,  and  the  proceedings  of  pharmaceutical  associations. 

National  Geographic  Society,  i6th  and  M  Sts.  NW.  86 

Owing  to  the  extension  of  the  building  and  the  consequent  rearrangement  of 
the  offices,  the  library  is  at  present  inaccessible  and  exact  statistics  can  not  be 
given. 

National  Library  for  the  Blind,  1729  H  St.  NW.  Miss  Etta 
Josslyn  Giffin,  director.  87 

HISTORY. — The  National  Library  for  the  Blind  was  incorporated  December  26. 
1911.  and  the  present  library  and  reading  room  opened  December,  1913. 

REGULATIONS. — Open  from  9  a.  rn.-4.3c  p.  m.  Reading  room  and  circulating 
library-  At  present  the  books  are  only  circulated  in  the  District  of  Columbia.  On 
Monday  nights  there  is  music,  a  lecture,  or  a  miscellaneous  program.  OnSatnrday 
afternoons  there  are  readings  of  poetry  and  prose. 

RESOURCES. — 320  distinct  titles,  including  duplicates  1,278. 

National  Monetary  Commission  (U.  S.).  88 

The  National  Monetary  Commission  bad  its  origin  in  the  act  of  May  30,  1008. 
and  came  to  an  end  by  the  act  of  August  22.  1911,  which  directed  that  the  final 
report  was  to  be  made  January  8,  1912,  and  that  the  commission  was  to  go  out  of 
existence  March  31,  1912.  During  its  existence  the  commission  collected  a  valu- 
able library  on  finance,  banking,  and  the  monetary  question  in  all  countries.  This 
library,  by  the  act  of  August  23.  1912,  was  transferred  to  the  Library  of  Congress. 
At  the  time  of  the  transfer  it  consisted  of  2,298  vols..  1.528  pamphlets.  3.444  num- 
bers of  periodicals.  30  maps,  and  7  manuscripts. 

(See  the  Report  of  the  Librarian  of  Congress  for  1912,  page  32.) 

National  Museum  (U.  S.),  New  National  Museum  Building,  The 
Mall,  B  St.  opposite  toth  St.  NW.  N.  P.  Scudder,  assistant 
librarian.  89 

HISTORY. — The  National  Museum  had  its  origin  in  the  various  scientific  collec- 
tions which  came  into  the  possession  of  the  Government,  either  by  gift  or  as  the 
result  of  exploring  expeditions  sent  out  under  Government  auspices.  The  collec- 
tions were  gathered  together  in  the  Patent  Office  Building,  and  from  1843-1858 


36  LIBRARY   OF   CONGRESS 

were  under  the  control  of  the  Commissioner  of  Patents.  In  1858  they  were  trans- 
ferred to  the  Smithsonian  Institution  with  the  stipulation  that  Congress  should 
make  an  appropriation  to  cover  the  transfer  and  an  annual  appropriation  for  their 
care. 

Many  of  the  articles  which  had  been  exhibited  at  the  Centennial  Exposition  in 
1876,  at  Philadelphia,  were  subsequently  transferred  to  the  National  Museum  and 
made  necessary  a  separate  building,  which  was  completed  in  1881. 

The  need  of  a  library  was  felt  almost  from  the  start  and  became  all  the  more 
acute  when  the  collections  were  placed  in  their  own  building  with  curators  in 
charge  of  the  various  departments.  To  meet  the  convenience  of  the  curators, 
considerable  parts  of  the  collection  were  distributed  in  the  working  rooms  of  the 
several  departments,  and  thus  sprang  up  a  system  of  sectional  libraries,  until  now 
there  are  31  of  these,  ranging  from  about  6,000  vols.  in  the  department  of  birds  to 
a  few  hundred  in  the  smaller  departments.  Plans  for  a  new  building  to  be  located 
on  the  north  side  of  The  Mall  were  authorized  by  the  Sundry  civil  act  of  June  30, 
1902,  and  the  building  itself  by  a  like  act  of  March  3,  1903.  The  construction  was 
completed  in  the  autumn  of  1911  and  the  library  was  transferred  to  it. 

The  space  assigned  to  the  library  in  the  new  building,  located  in  the  ground 
story  of  the  northern  section  of  the  east  range,  consists  of  what  was  originally  a 
single  room,  with  northern  exposure,  107  feet  7  inches  long  by  21  feet  i  inch  wide, 
and  a  smaller  room  facing  on  the  east  court  measuring  39  feet  by  21  feet  4  inches. 
The  former  has  been  divided  into  three  compartments  for  the  book  stacks,  cata- 
logue cases,  and  reading  accommodations,  while  the  latter  is  used  for  office  pur- 
poses and  preparatory  work.  All  of  the  space  is  well  lighted  and  ventilated,  the 
equipment  is  modern  and  fireproof,  and  the  facilities  excellent  in  every  respect. 

REGULATIONS. — Open  from  9  a.  m.-4.3o  p.  m.  daily  except  Sundays  and  holidays, 
Reference  library  for  the  use  of  the  staff  of  the  museum.  The  library  is  open  to 
the  public  for  reference  use.  Books  are  borrowed  freely  from  the  Library  of  Con- 
gress and  other  libraries  for  the  use  of  the  staff. 

RESOURCES. — 43,692  vols.,  72,042  unbound  papers,  and  122  manuscripts.  The 
accessions  during  1913  were  1,690  books,  2,213  pamphlets,  159  parts  of  volumes. 
The  collection  is  wholly  scientific,  and  especially  strong  in  the  natural  sciences 
which  fall  within  the  scope  of  the  museum.  Particular  mention  should  be  made 
of  the  books  dealing  with  museum  administration. 

National  Park  Seminary.     See  Miller  Library,  Forest  Glen,  Md. 

National  Press  Club,  Riggs  Building,  southeast  corner  i5th  and 
G  Sts.  NW.  90 

The  library  consists  of  about  1,200  vols.,  including  the  standard  reference 
books,  documents  dealing  with  public  questions  which  have  been  prominently 
before  the  country  in  recent  years,  and  a  few  volumes  of  light  literature.  The 
library,  like  the  Club,  is  open  at  all  hours  for  the  use  of  the  members  only. 

National  Society  of  the  Daughters  of  the  American  Revolution, 
i?th  and  D  Sts.  NW.  Mrs.  George  M.  Sternberg,  librarian  general. 

HISTORY. — The  library  was  officially  recognized  as  part  of  the  working  equip- 
ment of  the  society  at  the  Congress  of  1896,  when  the  office  of  librarian  general  was 
created  and  Dr.  Anita  Newcomb  McGee  elected  to  fill  the  position.  From  a  collec- 
tion of  125  books  the  library  now  numbers  nearly  7,000  titles,  the  increase  largely 


LIBRARIES  IN  THE  DISTRICT   OF   COLUMBIA      37 

due  to  gifts  and  exchanges,  as  before  1905  there  was  no  fond  for  the  purchase  of 
books. 

A  bronze  tablet  and  a  collection  of  books  relating  to  Georgia  have  been  placed 
in  the  library  in  memory  of  Mrs.  Emily  Hendree  Park,  State  regent  of  Georgia, 
1899-1902,  and  -vice  president  general,  1904-1907. 

REGXTLATTOXS. — Open  9  a.  rn.-4.3o  p.  m.  daily  except  Sundays  and  holidays. 
Reference  library  open  to  the  public;  does  not  engage  in  interlibrary  loans. 

RESOURCES. — 6. 700  vcls.,  including  pamphlets.  Increase  last  year,  400.  Annual 
appreciation  for  the  purchase  of  books,  $50.  The  collection  is  strong  in  American 
history,  with  special  reference  to  local  and  family  histories.  Card  catalogue  and 
fpifial  card  index  of  10,000  cards  to  28  bound  volumes  of  typewritten  abstracts 
of  Revolutionary  pensions. 

National  University  Law  School,  816-818  ijth  St.  NW.  92 

HISTORY. — The  library  was  established  in  1867,  the  date  of  the  founding  of  the 
Law  School  of  the  National  University. 

REGUtATiOJfS- — Open  4  p.  m.-njo  p.  m.  daily  except  Sundays  to  the  students 
and  faculty  of  the  Law  School. 

RESOURCES. — About  2,000  vols.,  consisting  largely  of  State  reports.  Supreme 
Court  reports,  and  law  treatises. 

Naturalization,  Bureau  of  (U.  S.  Department  of  Labor),  513-515 
I4th  St.  NW.  93 

REGULATIONS. — Open  9  a.  m.-4-jo  p.  m.  daily  except  Sundays  and  holidays. 
Reference  library  for  the  use  cf  the  employees  of  the  Bureau  of  Naturalization  and 
of  the  Department  of  Labor. 

RESOURCES. — 184  vols.  mostly  legal  publications  and  books  relating  to  the  work 
of  the  bureau. 

Nautical  Almanac  Office  (U.  S.).  In  October,  1909,  the  books 
were  turned  over  to  the  Library  of  the  Naval  Observatory,  see 
below. 

Naval  Medical  School  Library,  24th  and  E  Sts.  NW.  Dr.  J.  D. 
Gatewood,  medical  director.  94 

HISTORY. — About  187$  a  laboratory  was  established  in  Washington  by  the 
Medical  Department  of  the  Navy  "to  afford  facilities  for  original  work."  In  iSSi 
the  Naval  Museum  of  Hygiene  began  to  take  form  from  this,  and  with  it  the  library. 
The  museum  was  not  recognized  as  an  entity  and  appropriated  for  until  1883.  The 
report  of  the  Surgeon  General  of  the  N avy  for  i3Si  says:  "The  library  now  contains 
nearly  4.000  vols.  of  the  choicest  sort  in  all  departments  of  medicine  and  sanitary 
science,  and  is  being  added  to  rapidly  by  donations  from  all  parts  of  the  country, 
and  from  medical  officers  of  the  Navy."  It  win  be  seen  from  this  that  the  library 
began  with  4.000  vols.  It  is  very  probable  that  they  had  been  collected  from 
time  to  time  during  many  years  and  constituted  a  library  to  the  Bureau  of  Medicine 
and  Surgery,  which  library  now  became  the  library  of  the  Naval  Museum 
of  Hygiene.  The  report  of  the  Surgeon  General  for  1882  reads:  "  There  are  now  on 
the  shelves  6.000  vols.,  a  catalogue  of  which  is  being  prepared  that  will  greatly 


38  LIBRARY   OF   CONGRESS 

facilitate  the  work  of  reference."  In  1902  the  Naval  Museum  of  Hygiene  was  sup- 
planted by  the  Naval  Medical  School.  The  library  has  grown  steadily  but  slowly 
to  its  present  proportions.  About  four  years  ago  the  Library  of  Congress  classifi- 
cation and  card  system  was  adopted  and  the  library  is  now  completely  catalogued. 
There  is  no  special  appropriation  for  its  maintenance.  Books  are  purchased  from 
time  to  time  from  funds  of  the  Bureau  of  Medicine  and  Surgery.  There  are  dona- 
tions from  time  to  time.  Thirty-four  medical  periodicals,  both  foreign  and  do- 
mestic, are  subscribed  for. 

REGULATIONS. — Open  from  9  a.  m.-4.30  p.  m.  daily  except  Sundays  and  holidays. 
Reference  library  intended  primarily  for  the  use  of  the  faculty  and  students  of  the 
school  and  all  medical  officers  of  the  Navy.  Have  engaged  but  little  in  interlibrary 
loans. 

RESOURCES. — About  16,000  vols.,  includingmany  vols.  of  bound  medical  periodi- 
cals. The  growth  last  year  was  about  200  vols.  4t  is  strictly  medical  in  character. 
There  are  collections  in  general  medicine,  tropical  medicine,  surgery,  ophthal- 
mology, gynecology,  pharmacy,  state  medicine,  hygiene,  pathology,  bacteriology, 
anatomy,  physiology,  botany,  zoology,  chemistry,  and  military  and  naval  hygiene. 
In  many  of  these  classes  there  are  a  few  rare  and  valuable  vols.,  particularly  in 
botany,  medicine,  and  anatomy.  Bacteriology,  tropical  medicine,  and  pathology 
have  been  specialized  in  to  an  extent.  The  collection  of  bound  medical  periodicals 
is  good.  The  Library  of  Congress  card  catalogue  system  is  used. 

Naval  Observatory  (U.  S.  Navy  Department),  Massachusetts  Ave. 
and  W  St.  NW.  There  is  also  an  entrance  from  Wisconsin  Ave. 
north  of  No.  2521.  William  D.  Horigan,  librarian.  95 

HISTORY. — The  first  books  were  obtained  by  Lieut.  J.  M.  Gilliss  in  the  winter 
of  1842-43,  when  he  was  sent  to  Europe  to  procure  the  instrumental  equipment 
for  the  new  depot  of  charts  and  instruments,  afterwards  known  as  the  Naval 
Observatory.  He  received  donations  of  books  amounting  to  nearly  300  vols.  on 
astronomical  and  other  scientific  subjects.  The  principal  donors  were  the  Royal 
Society  of  London,  the»Royal  Astronomical  Society,  the  British  Admiralty,  the 
East  India  Co.,  and  the  directors  of  the  observatories  at  Greenwich,  Berlin,  Brus- 
sels, and  Munich.  Besides  these  donations,  about  700  vols.  were  purchased  by 
Lieut.  Gilliss.  The  growth  of  the  library  has  been  due  for  the  most  part  to  the 
exchanges  received  from  other  scientific  institutions. 

In  October,  1909,  the  maintenance  of  a  separate  library  by  the  Nautical  Almanac 
Office  was  discontinued,  and  its  collection,  consisting  of  3,998  vols.  and  563  pam- 
phlets, was  added  to  the  library  of  the  Observatory. 

Librarians:  Prof.  Joseph  S.  Hubbard,  1845-1863;  Prof.  William  Harkness,  1863- 
1865;  Prof.  Joseph  E.  Nourse,  1865-1879;  Prof.  Edward  S.  Holden,  1879-1881; 
Lieut.  Edward  F.  Qualtrough,  1881-1882;  Lieut.  George  E.  Yardley,  1882-1883; 
Lieut.  John  C.  Wilson,  1883-1885;  Lieut.  Lazarus  L.  Reamey,  1885-1887;  Mr.  Wil- 
liam D.  Horigan,  1887-1889;  Asst.  Astronomer  Henry  M.  Paul,  1889-1892;  Mr. 
William  D.  Horigan,  1892  to  date. 

REGULATIONS. — Open  from  9  a.  m.-4.3o  p.  m.  daily  except  Sundays  and  holi- 
days. Only  persons  connected  with  the  Observatory  can  draw  books,  but  books 
requested  by  other  bureaus  and  offices  of  the  Government  for  official  use  are  loaned 
in  every  case  where  it  is  practicable.  Works  of  general  reference  and  books  which 
can  not  readily  be  replaced  can  not  be  issued  from  the  library  without  the  consent 


LIBRARIES   IN   THE   DISTRICT   OF   COLUMBIA      39 

of  the  Superintendent  of  the  Observatory-    The  library  is  open  to  the  public  for 
reference  only.    It  does  not  engage  in  interlibrary  loans. 

RESOITRCES. — On  June  30,  1913,  the  library  contained  27,296  vols.  and  5,45* 
pamphlets;  the  accessions  during  the  previous  year  being  446  vols.  and  82  pam- 
phlets. It  is  supposed  to  contain  the  best  collection  of  astronomical  literature  in  the 
Western  Hemisphere.  It  is  unusually  rich  in  its  complete  sets  of  the  older  serials 
devoted  to  mathematics,  astronomy,  and  physics;  in  the  publications  of  astronom- 
ical, meteorological,  and  magnetical  institutions;  in  star  catalogues  and  charts: 
and  in  astronomical  tables  and  ephemerides.  It  has  a  large  collection  of  mathe- 
matical tables,  including  some  rare,  early  editions  of  trigonometric  tables.  Among 
the  old  and  rare  astronomical  books  are  the  two  volumes  of  Hevelius's  Machina 
Coelestis.  There  is  an  author  catalogue  on  cards. 

Navy  Department,  Library  of  the  (U.  S.),  State,  War,  and  Navy 
Building,  i  ;th  St.  and  Pa.  Ave.  NW.  Charles  West  Stewart,  Super- 
intendent of  Library  and  Naval  War  Records.  96 

The  reception  room  of  the  library,  one  of  the  finest  in  the  State,  War, 
and  Navy  Building,  is  situated  on  the  fourth  floor,  east  front.  It  is  30  feet 
wide  by  50  feet  long.  The  floor  is  inlaid  with  Minton  tiling.  The  walls 
are  of  iron,  inlaid  with  32  marble  panels.  Pour  figures  of  bronze,  each 
weighing  800  pounds,  stand  in  the  four  comers,  and  represent  War  and 
Peace,  Liberty,  Industry  and  Mechanics,  and  Literature.  Arts,  and 
Commerce. 

HISTORY. — The  first  librarian  of  the  Navy  Department  was  Prof.  James  R. 

oley,  U.  S.  X.,  afterwards  Assistant  Secretary  of  the  Navy,  who,  on  June  2.  1882. 

was  placed  in  charge  of  the  few  hundred  books  collected  from  the  bureaus  of  the 

department.    The .  first  appropriation  for  books  was  by  act  of  Aug.  5,  1882,  and 

the  first  appropriation  for  a  clerical  force  was  by  act  of  July  n,  1888. 

By  act  of  July  7,  1884,  a  new  office  was  combined  with  the  library,  that  of  Naval 
War  "Records,  and  both  offices  have  since  continued  under  one  head,  whose  title 
is  "Superintendent  of  Library  and  Naval  War  Records." 

When  Prof.  Soley  was  appointed  Assistant  Secretary  of  the  Navy  in  1889  he 
was  succeeded  by  Lieut.  Comdr.  Fred  M.  Wise,  U.  S.  N..  who  was  in  turn  suc- 
ceeded by  Comdr.  Richard  Rush,  U.  S.  N.,  in  1893,  and  by  Prof.  E.  K.  Rawson, 
U.  S.  N.,  in  1897.  The  present  Superintendent,  Charles  West  Stewart,  took  charge 
of  the  dual  office  in  1903. 

Prom  a  collection  of  a  few  hundred  books,  all  told,  in  1882.  the  library  now 
contains  over  50,000  vols.,  mostly  technical  and  professional,  and  is  classed  as  one 
of  the  principal  naval  libraries  of  the  world. 

RBGtTLATioxs. — Open  9  a.  m.-4.3o  p.  m.  daily  except  Sundays  and  holidays. 
Reference  library  for  the  use  of  the  officers  of  the  Navy  and  the  employees  of  the 
State,  War,  and  Navy  Departments.  Books  are  borrowed  from  the  Library  of 
Congress  and  borrowed  from  and  lent  to  the  State  and  War  Departments. 

RESOURCES.— 50.000  vols.  exclusive  of  public  documents  which  have  never  been 
accessioned.  The  last  accession  number  is  44,951,  but  this  does  not  include  about 
S.ooo  vols.  which  had  accumulated  when  accessioning  was  begun.  Books  and 
pamphlets  accessioned  during  the  fiscal  year  ending  June  30.  1913.  were  644.  The 
semiannual  accessions  were  printed  until  December.  1910.  The  collection  is 
largely  devoted  to  naval  professional  subjects.  There  are  three  card  catalogues, 
(i)  Author  and  title;  (2)  Subject;  (3)  Shelf  list. 


40  UBRARY   OF   CONGRESS 

New  Jerusalem,  Washington  Society  of  the.  See  Washington 
Society  of  the  New  Jerusalem. 

Odd  Fellows'  Library  Association,  Odd  Fellows'  Hall,  423  7th 
St.  NW.  Mrs.  Henrietta  Warner,  secretary  and  librarian.  97 

REGULATIONS. — Open  from  7  p.  rn.-g  p.  m.  every  evening  except  Saturdays  and 
Sundays. 
RESOURCES. — 6,000  vols. 

Ordnance  and  Fortification,  Board  of  (U.  S.  War  Department), 
Union  Trust  Building,  isth  and  H  Sts.  NW.,  room  502.  G.  H. 
Powell,  secretary.  98 

The  library  consists  of  a  collection  of  ordnance  reports,  and  of  mechanical  and 
electrical  books  for  reference  use  in  connection  with  the  work  of  the  board. 

Oriental  Esoteric  Society,  Library  of  the,  1443  Q  St.  NW.  Miss 
Agnes  E.  Marsland,  librarian.  99 

HISTORY. — Established  toward  the  end  of  1905,  gifts  from  those  interested  in 
occultism  forming  the  nucleus.  All  gifts  and  all  dues  and  receipts  from  the  loan  or 
sale  of  books  were  to  be  put  in  a  trust  fund,  which  was  to  be  used  for  the  purpose 
of  buying  new  books.  "In  1907  a  mail-order  section"  was  established  to  lend 
books  through  the  mail.  In  1910  the  library  was  affiliated  with  the  Oriental  Eso- 
teric Society.  (See  Bulletin  of  the  Oriental  Esoteric  Society  for  Sept.  6,  1913,  for 
detailed  history.) 

REGULATIONS. — Open  10  a.  m.-$  p.  m.  daily  except  Sundays;  free  for  reference 
only.  On  payment  of  a  small  fee  books  are  lent  directly  or  by  mail  to  persons  in 
any  part  of  the  world. 

RESOURCES. — There  are  about  400  selected  titles  in  the  circulating  part  of  the 
library,  including  those  books  which  which  have  been  most  generally  approved  by 
students  of  esoterism,  mysticism,  occultism,  and  new  thought,  besides  philosophy, 
religion,  ethics,  health,  and  social  science  in  relation  to  occultism. 

Pan  American  Union.  See  Columbus  Memorial  Library,  Pan 
American  Union. 

Patent  Law  Association  Library,  Washington  Loan  &  Trust  Build- 
ing, gth  and  F  Sts.  NW.,  rooms  614-618.  Misses  A.  M.  and  E.  H. 
Parkins,  librarians.  100 

HISTORY. — The  library  was  begun  in  1897  by  an  association  of  patent  lawyers  in 
the  city  of  Washington.  The  membership  is  now  world-wide,  but  is  confined  to 
patent  lawyers. 

REGULATIONS. — Open  9  a.  m.-s  p.  m.  Patent  law  reference  library  for  the  use 
of  members  of  the  Patent  Law  Association  and  their  employees  and  clerks. 

RESOURCES. — Several  thousand  volumes,  with  yearly  acquisitions  as  far  as 
possible  of  everything  published  of  interest  to  patent  lawyers,  especially  all  books 
relating  to  United  States  or  foreign  patents,  current  publications,  such  as  U.  S. 
Supreme  Court  Reports,  Federal  Reporter,  etc.,  and  the  rules  of  all  U.  S.  district 
courts,  Patent  Office  Rules  of  Practice,  etc. 


LIBRARIES   IN  THE  DISTRICT  OP  COLUMBIA      4! 

Patent  Office,  Law  Library  of  the  (U.  S.  Department  of  the 
Interior),  Patent  Office  Building,  F  St.,  opposite  8th  St.  NW. 
R.  F.  Whitehead,  law  examiner  in  charge.  101 

REGTJXATIOXS. — Open  9  a.  rn.-4.so  p.  m.  daily  except  Sundays  and  holidays. 
This  is  the  working  law  library  of  the  Patent  Office.  The  public  is  allowed  to  use  it 
bat  not  to  take  books  therefrom.  Does  not  engage  in  interlibrary  loans. 

RESOURCES. — About  4.000  vols.  General  law  library  with  special  emphasis  on 
patent  law. 

Patent  Office,  Scientific  Library  of  the  (U.  S.  Department  of  the 
Interior),  Patent  Office  Building,  F  St.,  opposite  8th  St.  NW. 
W.  Meriam,  librarian.  xoa 

HISTORY. — The  Patent  Office  library  was  practically  founded  in  1836.  although 
a  collection  of  books  had  previously  existed.  In  1847  a  classified  list  of  the  library 
books  (recording  about  2,000)  was  printed,  bat  it  was  not  until  1851  that  the  real 
history  of  its  Scientific  library  began  under  the  direction  of  W.  W.  Turner,  the 
first  regularly  appointed  librarian,  through  whose  efforts  the  foreign  patent  and 
periodical  files  were  greatly  increased  and  the  scope  of  the  library  broadened . 

The  librarians,  with  years  of  appointment,  are  as  follows:  W.  W.  Turner,  1852; 
W.  E.  Jillson.  1859;  G.  E.  Schaeffer,  1863;  W.  B.  Taylor,  1873;  H.  T.  Fisher,  1876; 
W.  Flint,  1877;  L-  D.  Sate,  1885;  H.  L.  Prince,  1889;  L.  S.  WoHe.  1914;  W.  Meriam, 
1914- 

The  library  is  entirely  dependent  upon  congressional  appropriations  which 
varied  in  sums  until  1879  when  a  regular  ammal  appropriation  of  $5,000  was  ob- 
tained until  1885-1886.  Since  then  it  has  averaged  $2,500,  the  present  appropria- 
tion. From  this  appropriation  about  $800  is  annually  expended  for  the  transpor- 
tation of  U.  S.  patents  to  foreign  countries  (sent  in  exchange  for  foreign  patents). 
The  balance  of  the  appropriation  is  applied  to  the  purchase  of  books  and  sub- 
scriptions for  periodicals.  Many  periodicals  are  secured  through  exchange  for  the 
Official  Gazette  of  the  U.  S.  Patent  Office,  and  others  are  sent  to  the  library  free 
by  the  publishers. 

REGULATIONS. — Open  from  9  a.  rn.-4.3o  p.  m.  (later  to  the  staff)  daily,  except 
Sundays  and  holidays,  free  to  the  public  for  reference  searches.  Purely  a  reference 
library  composed  of  such  technical  and  scientific  books  and  periodicals  as  would 
be  of  use  in  the  adjudication  of  patents.  The  library  does  not  lend  books  oat  of 
town  but  local  interlibrary  loans  are  customary. 

RESOURCES. — 94,648  vols.  (books,  pamphlets,  bound  vols.  of  periodicals  and 
patents).  1893  vols.  were  accessioned  in  1913.  Every  effort  is  made  to  secure  the 
most  reliable  publications  (books  and  periodicals)  in  all  industrial  arts  and 
sciences — electricity,  metallurgy,  chemistry  and  physics  being  well  represented  as 
special  classes.  Printed  catalogue  through  1888;  card  catalogue  since.  Classified 
card  index  of  important  articles  in  our  leading  periodicals  from  1891  to  July.  1913; 
370  technical  and  scientific  periodicals  (foreign  and  domestic)  are  received,  not 
including  Government  patent  publications,  which  form  a  class  of  their  own.  and 
number  about  6o» 

Peabody  Library  Association  of  Georgetown,  D.  C.,  3233  O  St. 
NW.  Miss  Eva  Nelson  Gilbert,  librarian.  103 

HISTORY.— The  Peabody  Library  Association  of  Georgetown,  D.  C.,  owes  its 
creation  to  the  generosity  of  the  late  George  Peabody,  who  in  the  year  1867  placed 


42  LIBRARY   OF   CONGRESS 

in  the  hands  of  William  W.  Corcoran  and  four  associates  the  sum  of  $15,000  to  be 
held  by  them  and  their  successors  as  a  fund  for  a  Peabody  Library  to  be  established 
in  the  city  of  Georgetown.  The  library  was  incorporated  under  the  title  "The 
Peabody  Library  Association  of  Georgetown,  D.  C.,"  and  has  been  in  operation 
since  1867.  Under  an  agreement  with  the  school  authorities  of  Georgetown  the 
association  was  given  the  privilege  of  occupying  one  of  the  rooms  in  the  Curtis 
School  Building,  and  its  workings  are  still  carried  on  at  that  location.  The  effort 
of  the  trustees  is  to  supply  the  portion  of  the  city  in  which  the  library  is  situated 
with  the  recognized  classics  of  English  literature,  as  well  as  current  general  works. 

REGULATIONS. — Open  6  p.  ra.-g  p.  m.  daily  except  Saturday  and  Sunday. 
Free  to  readers;  books  drawn  by  subscribers.  Does  not  engage  in  interlibrary 
loans. 

RESOURCES. — About  9,000  vols.  Growth  in  1913,  125  vols.  Collection  is  mainly 
fiction  and  English  literature. 

Pension  Bureau  Reference  Library  (U.  S.),  Pension  Building, 
G  St.  between  4th  and  5th  Sts.  NW.  Newton  A.  Strait,  librarian. 

104 

HISTORY. — The  library  was  established  July  18,  1910,  by  the  authority  of  the 
Commissioner  of  Pensions.  A  small  number  of  books  was  brought  together  from 
various  parts  of  the  bureau,  mostly  volumes  which  had  been  previously  donated 
by  the  adjutants  general  of  the  several  States.  These  were  supplemented  by  the 
librarian  from  his  personal  library,  and  within  the  last  year  by  the  transfer  of  dupli- 
cates from  the  Library  of  Congress  and  some  of  the  State  libraries.  A  number  of 
histories  of  military  organizations  have  been  generously  contributed  by  their 
authors,  and  although  the  library  has  been  in  existence  only  a  few  years,  it  is  already 
rich  in  this  class  of  books  and  has  many  which  are  out  of  print  and  difficult  to 
procure. 

REGULATIONS. — Open  9  a.  m.-4.3o  p.  m.  daily  except  Sundays  and  holidays. 
Reference  library  for  the  use  of  the  employees  of  the  bureau.  The  privilege  of 
consulting  the  books  is  extended  to  any  one  having  business  with  the  Pension 
Bureau.  Does  not  engage  in  interlibrary  loans. 

RESOURCES. — 1,100  vols.  and  75  pamphlets.  There  is  no  appropriation  for  the 
purchase  of  books,  but  the  number  has  nearly  doubled  in  less  than  a  year  by  dona- 
tion and  exchange.  The  library  js  specializing  in  State  and  other  publications  con- 
taining rosters  of  officers  and  men  of  the  Civil  and  Spanish- American  Wars,  in  his- 
tories of  the  various  wars  of  the  United  States,  and  all  work  which  will  aid  the 
bureau  in  authenticating  claims  for  pensions.  Such  information  is  furnished  not 
only  to  the  special  examiners  of  the  bureau  in  the  field  but  to  committees  of  the 
Senate  and  House  having  charge  of  pension  legislation,  and  to  the  claimants  them- 
selves. Recently  150  vols.  of  the  "Vital  records"  of  the  States  of  Massachusetts 
and  Rhode  Island  were  donated  by  the  State  officials  in  the  interest  of  claimants 
for  pensions  from  those  States.  There  is  a  card  catalogue. 

Plant  Industry,  Bureau  of  (U.  S.).  See  Agriculture,  Library  of 
the  Department  of  (U.  S.).  Bureau  libraries. 

Press  Club.    See  National  Press  Club. 


LIBRARIES  IN  THE  DISTRICT  OF  COLUMBIA      43 

Public  Documents  Library,  Safeiiafcmieat  of  Dociio*nts  Office, 
North  Capitol  and  H  Sts.  NW.     Miss  Sarah  Ambler,  librarian.     105 


properties  at  the  time  were  three  or  lour  wagon  loads  of  second-hand  documents  of 
all  ages,  piled  on  the  floor  of  an  otherwise  empty  room.  These  were  soon  followed 
by  a  djily  inmix  of  new  dociimente  hot  from  the  Government  presses.  There  was 
no  provision  of  law  for  establishing  a  library.  *****{*•  there  was  for  cataloguing  the 
documents.  When  they  had  been  catalogued,  there  was  only  one  reasnnahir  way 
to  preserve  them,  and  that  was  in  Hbrary  form,  so  that  they  would  be  accessible 

ffY  IK^ 

Trusting  to  good  sense  to  supply  the  lialir*  m  the  fa  w.  the  library  was  stalled. 
and  it  is  f  animate  that  it  was.  for  without  it  the  •varied  duties  that  have  since  been 


The  library  work  that  has  been  accompfished  is  not  only  the  creation  of  the 

gether  to  iz.nj  closely-printed,  dooble-oohmm  pages.  The  number  of  document 
jml«  mi  *  pmthliJirtl  js  x>.  «iH  of  monthly  catalogues  130.  Two  >*<it«<wic  of  the 
Checklist  of  Pubfic  Documents  have  been  issued,  the  second  of  over  ijtoo  pages. 
.A.  considerable  number  of  *»•<««*•  publications  have  also  been  prepared  and  printed. 
RB-CCXATIOXS-  —  Open  9  a.  m--.t-.j3  p.  m.  daily  except  Sundays  and  holidays. 
The  library  is  for  official  use.  but  any  one  desiring  to  may  consult  it-  The  publica- 
tions are  not  circulated.  It  is  a  reference  Hbrary  for  the  pi  elevation  of  all  United 
States  Government  publications  and  for  the  compilation  of  the  official  AM  inm»«i 
It  does  not  engage  in  internbrary  loans. 

June  30.  IQU. 

'  bill  cans  and  the  f**]p*t*  •••<  ••!  of 
the  functions  of  .old  ones  means  foniimird  increase  in  the  number  of  Government 
tfr^y  aH  flow  to  the  Pnbhc  ^^ip'MBKifnt^  Library  as  to  a  ^'•••••^'•t 


center,  the  increasing  growth  of  the  Hbrary  may  be  "T""1**1  as  *  certainty. 

The  scope  of  the  Hbrary  is  United  States  publications,  in  which  it  is  strong. 
hawing  die  best  fnflrrrinn  extant.  The  Hbrary  """«"-«  a  sheM  fist,  the  entries 
being  mnch  more  full  than  in  ibe  regulation  she!  fist. 

Public  Health  Service,  Bureau  of  the  (H.  S.  Treasury  Depart- 
ment), 3  B  St.  SB.  D.  S.  Masterson,  librarian.  106 


9  a-  0^-4-30  p.  m.  daily  except  Sundays  and  hofidays. 
Reference  Hbrary  for  the  use  of  the  officers  of  die  Sciwke.  Does  not  engage  in 
mterKbrary  loans. 


-  —  7,000  vob-,  cufcrsive  of  pamphlets.  About  is0  vols.  are  added 
every  year.  The  Hbrary  is  essentially  mrriiral.  with  the  exceptioa  of  die  law 
fibrary  maintained.  A  system  of  typewritten  cards  JUJSMUS  die  putpme  of  a 
regular  card  catalogue.  The  fibrary  makes  a  specialty  of  collecting  anoaal  reports 
of  die  different  State  boards  of  health  and  various  other  health  organizations 


44  LIBRARY  OF  CONGRESS 

Public  Library  of  the  District  of  Columbia,  Carnegie  Building, 
Mount  Vernon  Square,  New  York  Ave.  between  yth  and  gth  Sts. 
NW.  George  F.  Bowerman,  librarian.  107 

Branches. — Takoma  Park  B  ranch  (Carnegie  Building),  sth  and  Cedar  Sts. 
NW.,  Takoma  Park.  Open  from  a  p.  m.-9  p.  m.,  Monday,  Wednesday, 
and  Saturday;  10  a.  m.-s  p.  m.,  Tuesday,  Thursday,  and  Friday. 

In  addition  to  its  central  library  and  its  one  branch  library,  the  Public 
Library,  lacking  a  full  system  of  branches,  utilizes  more  than  150  other 
agencies  (a  shifting  but  gradually  increasing  number)  for  the  distribution 
of  books.    These  include  5  deposit  stations  in  social  settlements  (Neighbor- 
hood House,  Noel  House,  Alliance  House,  Friendship  House,  and  Colored 
Social  Settlement)  conducted  by  volunteers;  3  deposit  stations  conducted 
at  the  expense  of  the  cooperating  institutions  (Young  Men's  Christian 
Association,  central  building — station  open  daily  to  the  public — Wash- 
ington Railway  &  Electric  Co.  Relief  Association  Club,  and  Woodward  & 
Lothrop  department  store — the  last  two  open  only  to  members  and  em- 
ployees); the  District  Building  (daily  deliveries);  7  public  high-school 
libraries;  3  stations  in  graded  schools  (conducted  at  the  expense  of  parents' 
associations);  the  libraries  of  Gallaudet  College  and  Howard  University. 
4  private  schools;  82  graded  schools  (several  deliveries  during  school  year 
of  school  duplicates);  i  parochial  school;  6  playground  libraries;  38  home 
libraries;  i  Camp  Fire  Girls  group;  3  summer  camps;  2  Sunday  schools. 
This  list  does  not  include  24  charitable  and  correctional  institutions  for 
children  and  adults  to  which  withdrawn  books  are  sent  from  time  to  time. 
HISTORY. — The  library  was  created  by  act  of  Congress  of  June  3,  1896;  but  no 
appropriation  for  opening  was  made  until  1898  ($6,720).    The  Washington  City 
Free  Library,  a  voluntary  institution  supported  by  private  contributions,  was 
established  in  1896,  and  when  the  enabling  act  was  passed  creating  a  Public  Library 
on  a  basis  of  municipal  support  and  the  first  appropriation  was  secured,  the  collec- 
tion of  12,412  volumes  of  the  voluntary  library  was  turned  over  to  and  formed,  in 
connection  with  books  bought  from  money  gifts,  the  nucleus  of  the  Public  Library. 
The  establishment  of  the  Public  Library  was  due  hi  large  part  to  the  agitation 
of  the  question  for  many  years  by  Theodore  W.  Noyes,  editor  of  the  Evening  Star. 
Mr.  Noyes  has  been  the  president  of  the  board  of  trustees  since  the  establishment 
of  the  library.    The  board  has  9  members,  appointed  by  the  Commissioners  of  the 
District  of  Columbia.    Ainsworth  R.  Spofford,  late  Librarian  of  Congress,  was  a 
member  of  the  board  from  the  beginning  until  his  death,  when  he  was  succeeded 
by  Dr.  Herbert    Putnam,  Librarian  of  Congress.    Ernest  L.  Thurston,  super- 
intendent of  schools,  is  also  a  trustee.    The  other  members  are:  B.  H.  Warner, 
John  B.  Lamer,  Charles  J.  Bell,  R.  Ross  Perry,  Wendell  P.  Stafford,  and  S.  W. 
Woodward.    Weston  Flint  was  librarian  from  the  beginning  until  September  i, 
1904,  when  he  was  succeeded  by  George  F.  Bowerman. 

The  central  library  building  (opened  January,  1903)  is  the  gift  of  Andrew  Car- 
negie, and  cost  $375,000.  Mr.  Carnegie  has  also  offered  $350,000  (or  more  if 
needed)  for  branch  library  buildings.  Congress  has  thus  far  permitted  the  accept- 
ance of  money  for  only  one  branch  building,  Takoma  Park,  the  cost  of  which 
was  $40,000  (opened  November,  1911). 

The  library  is  supported  almost  wholly  from  congressional  appropriations 
in  the  District  of  Columbia  appropriation  bill;  appropriation  for  1914  is  $63,880. 
This  is  supplemented  by  incomes  from  two  small  endowments  of  $1,000  each  and 
by  receipts  from  fines  for  the  retention  of  books  beyond  the  allotted  time,  duplicate 


LIBRARIES  IN  THE  DISTRICT  OF  COLUMBIA      45 

pay  collection  payments,  etc.  The  library  staff,  including  professional  librarians, 
messengers  and  pages,  building  employees  and  bookbinders,  numbers  about  80 
persons. 

The  work  of  the  library  includes  the  home  circulation  (fiscal  year  1913)  of  686,278 
volumes  and  72,450  mounted  pictures.  The  books  were  circulated:  532,540  vols. 
from  the  central  library  (415,885  from  adult  departments,  and  116,655  from  the 
children's  room);  Takoma  branch,  27,4-6  vols.;  deposit  stations  and  similar  agen- 
cies, 36,781  vols.;  schools,  playgrounds,  and  home  libraries,  89,472  vols.  About 
47,000  persons  are  registered  as  library  users.  Complete  attendance  figures  are 
not  kept.  From  statistics  kept  on  typical  days,  it  is  estimated  that  700,000  persons 
visit  the  main  library  and  50,000  the  Takoma  Park  branch  annually.  Exhibition 
of  art  pictures  are  held  the  year  round.  In  the  fiscal  year  1913,  23  organizations 
held  68  public  meetings  with  lectures  in  the  assembly  room  of  the  main  library, 
with  aggregate  attendance  of  7,158  auditors;  and  18  organizations  held  140  meetings 
{or  study  and  discussion  in  the  study  rooms.  Lectures  and  meetings  for  study 
are  also  held  at  the  Takoma  branch. 

REGULATIONS. — Open  from  9  a.  m.-9  p.  m.  weekdays,  including  holidays,  except 
Christmas  and  Fourth  of  July,  and  on  Sundays  from  2  p.  m.-9  p.  m.  for  reference 
only.  Circulating  and  reference  library  free  to  all  persons  living  in  the  District 
of  Columbia  and  to  those  employed  in  the  District  who  live  in  Maryland  and  Vir- 
ginia. Privileges  are  secured  by  signing  an  application  agreeing  to  observe  the 
rules;  minors  and  persons  whose  names  are  not  found  in  directories  must  furnish 
guarantors. 

The  act  of  Congress  establishing  the  Public  Library,  approved  June  3,  1896 
(29  Stat.  L-.  p.  244),  declared  it  to  be  a  "supplement  of  the  public  educational 
system"  of  the  District  of  Columbia.  Its  essential  work  is  the  circulation  of  books 
into  homes,  though  its  reference  work  is  large,  increasing  in  quantity  and  becoming 
more  varied  and  complex.  As  the  Government  department  and  bureau  libraries 
supplement  the  Library  of  Congress  on  the  advanced  reference  and  research  side 
in  their  own  specialties,  so  the  Public  Library  supplements  all  these  libraries  in 
the  popular  field. 

RESOURCES. — 168,000  vols.;  numerous  (uncounted)  pamphlets,  newspaper  and 
magazine  cuttings  (very  useful  material,  arranged  in  vertical  files);  about  25,000 
mounted  and  about  30.000  unmounted  pictures  (arranged  in  classified  order  in 
vertical  files);  135  maps  relating  to  the  District  of  Columbia.  Accessions  nearly 
30.000  vols.  annually  (gross);  or  since  6,000  to  8.000  vols.  are  worn  out  annually 
the  net  increase  is  12,000  to  14.000  vols.  Special  collections  are  found  in  the  tech- 
nological department  (about  8,000  volsO,  children's  department  (about  20.000  vols. 
including  about  8,000  vols.  in  school  duplicate  collection)  besides  the  District  of 
Columbia  collection  (about  1,800  vols.).  Periodicals  on  file  number  nearly  600, 
including  duplicates  nearly  800. 

Catalogues  are  in  dictionary  form  on  cards.  They  include  at  the  main  library 
one  complete  official  catalogue,  one  covering  all  books  for  adult  readers,  one  cover- 
ing all  books  for  juvenile  readers,  one  covering  all  technological  books;  in  addition 
there  are  special  catalogues  covering  (separately)  all  books  in  foreign  languages: 
Greek.  Latin,  German,  French,  Italian,  Spanish,  Portuguese,  Russian,  and  Yiddish; 
also  music  scores.  Shelf  lists  and  accessions  catalogue  (since  1905)  are  on  cards. 
Takoma  Branch  has  its  card  catalogue.  The  Library  collections  are  classified 
according  to  the  Cutter  Expansive  classification. 

PUBUCATIOKS. — Publications  include  annual  report  (about  80  pages,  8°);  rules 
(8  pp.,  pocket  size);  monthly  bulletin  (4  pp.);  educational  bulletin  and  social 
service  bulletin  (i  or  a  pages,  printed  by  muhigraph);  occasional  reference  lists 


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LIBRARY   OF   CONGRESS 


(8  to  24  pp.,  pocket  size,  12  have  been  issued)  on  special  topics;  list  of  Catholic  books 
(36  pp.,  12°,  issued  in  cooperation  with  local  Catholic  societies);  graded  and  anno- 
tated catalogue  of  books  for  use  in  the  schools  ( 146  pp.,  8°) ;  list  of  books  for  a  child's 
library  (15  pp.,  pocket  size);  graded  lists,  bookmark  size;  scores  of  single  page  and 
four  page  lists  printed  by  multigraph;  booklets  describing  the  work  of  the  library 
as  a  whole,  the  work  of  the  children's  department,  the  industrial  department,  etc. 
APPRENTICE  CLASS. — The  professional  staff  contains  a  number  of  library  school 
graduates.  For  the  most  part,  however,  the  staff  is  recruited  from  persons  who 
have  been  trained  in  the  library's  own  apprentice  classes  which  have  been  con- 
ducted annually  for  the  past  10  years.  The  course  is  7  months  long.  Candidates 
for  admission  must  not  be  less  than  18  years  nor  more  than  35  years  of  age;  must  be 
at  least  high-school  graduates;  must  pass  entrance  and  other  examinations;  and 
must  have  certain  personal  qualifications  and  show  aptitude  for  success  in  library 
work.  In  10  years  159  persons  have  been  examined  for  admission  to  apprentice 
classes,  119  of  these  have  passed  and  40  have  failed;  26  withdrew  during  the  course 
or  were  dropped,  and  93  have  completed  the  course  successfully;  69  have  been 
appointed  to  positions  in  this  library  and  24  to  positions  in  other  libraries  (generally 
but  not  always  after  service  in  this  library);  35  graduates  of  these  apprentice  classes 
are  now  in  the  service  of  the  library. 

Railway  Economics  Library,  Bureau  of,  Munsey  Building,  1329 
Pa.  Ave.  NW.  Richard  H.  Johnston,  librarian.  108 

HISTORY. — The  Bureau  of  Railway  Economics  had  its  origin  in  a  meeting  of 
railroad  presidents  held  in  the  spring  of  1910  to  discuss  methods  of  bringing  that 
fulness  and  accuracy  of  knowledge  into  the  discussion  of  railroad  questions  which 
will  insure  force  and  clearness  in  their  presentations  and  fairness  in  the  conclusions 
reached,  and  go  far  toward  pointing  a  way  to  equitable  adjustment.  The  need 
for  ready  access  to  the  statistics  and  records  of  the  Interstate  Commerce  Commission 
and  of  other  departments  and  bureaus  of  the  Federal  Government,  pointed  to 
Washington  as  the  natural  headquarters.  That  its  main  function  as  a  source  of 
accurate  and  authentic  information  be  not  impaired,  it  was  forbidden  to  engage 
in  polemic  and  partisan  discussion. 

In  furtherance  of  its  purpose  to  become  a  recognized  source  of  accurate  and  au- 
thentic information  in  regard  to  the  railways  the  bureau  is  building  up  a  compre- 
hensive library  and  has  issued  a  catalogue  of  the  existing  body  of  railway  economic 
literature. 

REGULATIONS. — Open  every  week  day  from  9  a.  m.-5  p.  m.  except  Saturdays, 
when  it  closes  at  i  p.  m.  Reference  library  open  to  anyone  interested.  Engages 
in  interlibrary  loans. 

RESOURCES. — About  25,000  books,  pamphlets,  maps,  etc.,  within  the  scope  of 
the  bureau,  that  is,  railway  economics,  and  about  10,000  items  collateral  to  railway 
economics  such  as  finance  and  labor  and  general  works  of  reference. 

PUBLICATIONS. — 1911,  Railway  Economics,  a  Collective  Catalogue  of  Books  in 
14  American  Libraries.  1913,  List  of  References  to  Publications  Pertaining  to 
Government  Ownership  of  Railways.  Cooperated  with  the  Division  of  Bibliog- 
raphy of  the  Library  of  Congress  in  lists  published  in  "  Special  libraries." 

The  library  maintains  in  addition  to  the  customary  card  catalogue  of  its  own 
collection  and  an  index  to  important  newspaper,  magazine  articles,  and  book 
chapters,  a  bibliography  of  railways  on  the  author  cards  of  which  are  noted  the 
locations  of  the  items  in  over  30  libraries  in  the  United  States.  The  library  also 
distributes  to  other  libraries  the  publications  of  the  bureau. 


LIBRARIES  IN  THE   DISTRICT  OF  COLUMBIA     47 

Riggs  Memorial  Library.    See  Georgetown  University. 

Roads,  Office  of  Public  (U.  S.).  See  Agriculture,  Library  of  the 
Department  erf  (U.  S.).  Bureau  libraries. 

The  Rockefeller  Foundation.  See  International  Health  Com- 
mission. 

Rolls  and  Library,  Bureau  of  (U.  S.  Department  of  State),  State, 
War,  and  Navy  Building,  ijth  St.  and  Pa.  Ave.  NW.,  room  308. 
John  A.  Tonner,  chief  of  bureau.  109 

HISTORY. — Library  duties  of  some  sort  were  doubtless  performed  from  the 
earliest  years  of  the  Government,  but  the  department  was  not  organized  into 
bureaus  or  divisions  MB|t?l  1853.  In  that  yuu  the  bureau  of  pardons,  and  iuim  • 
sions  and  copyrights,  and  of  the  care  of  the  library  was  formed.  AH  the  work  was 
done  by  one  clerk.  In  1834  a  translator  and  librarian  performed  the  duties  of 
librarian,  and  in  1836  the  library  became  a  part  of  the  Home  department. 

In  1837.  the  office  of  librarian  and  translator  was  sepatated;  in  1839  the  title 
librarian  disappeared,  reappearing  as  translator  and  librarian  in  1847.  and  as  com* 
aifMLJini  clerk  and  librarian;  and  again  as  translator  and  librarian  in  1849.  In  1853 
the  title  librarian  was  dropped  again.  From  1855  to  1870  there  were  no  bureaus 
officially,  but  they  did  actually  to  on  and  everything  mttmnrA  as  before  so  far  as 
the  administration  of  the  department  was  concerned.  In  1870  the  "librarian" 
was  the  head  of  the  Statistical  bureau. 

In  1874  a  chief  of  the  Bureau  of  Rolls  and  Library  was  created,  but  in  1879  he 
was  dropped,  and  a  clerk  appointed  librarian  with  all  the  chiefs  functions.  In 
1882  the  Bureau  of  Rolls  and  Library  was  restored  and  has  subsisted  until  the 
present  time. 

REGULATIONS, — Open  9  a.  rn.-4.3o  p.  m.  daily  except  Sundays  and  holidays. 
Reference  library  for  use  of  Department  of  State  and  Diplomatic  Corps  in  Wash- 
ington. Others  may  consult  books  by  obtaining  permission  from  the  Secretary, 
Assistant  Secretaries,  or  the  Chief  of  the  Bureau.  Does  not  engage  in  interUbrary 

•MM, 

RESOURCES. — Approximately  70,000  vots.  Average  growth  per  year,  2,000 
vols.  The  library  consists  principally  of  •••t*  on  international  law,  diplomacy, 
history,  description,  and  travel  in  foreign  countries,  foreign  laws,  documents  relat- 
ing to  foreign  office  work,  and  biographies  of  statesmen.  Card  catalogue. 

Sacred  Heart  of  Mary,  Academy  of.  See  St.  Thomas  Aquinas' 
Library,  Academy  of  the  Sacred  Heart  of  Mary. 

St.  John's  College,  1225  Vermont  Ave.  NW.  Brother  Martin, 
librarian.  no 

REGULATIONS.— Open  during  school  hours.    Circulating  and  reference  library 
for  the  use  of  the  students.    Does  not  engage  in  interlibrary  loans. 
RESOURCES.— 5.030  vote.    Growth  last  year,  30  vote. 


48  LIBRARY   OF   CONGRESS 

St.  Thomas  Aquinas'  Library,  Academy  of  the  Sacred  Heart  of 
Mary,  corner  of  C  and  8th  Sts.  SW.  in 

REGULATIONS. — Open  from  9  a.  m.-3.3o  p.  m.  every  school  day.  Working  and 
reference  library  for  the  teachers  and  pupils  of  the  school.  Does  not  engage  in 
interlibrary  loans. 

RESOURCES. — 239  vols.  made  up  of  standard  works  and  poetry  and  classic  fic- 
tion, including  a  good  representation  of  Catholic  writers. 

St.  Thomas  College  Library,  Brookland,  D.  C.  Under  the  direc- 
tion of  the  Paulist  Fathers.  112 

HISTORY. — The  library  was  founded  in  1889. 

REGULATIONS. — Open  daily  for  use  of  the  faculty  and  students  of  the  college  only. 

RESOURCES. — About  10,000  vols.  Increase  last  year  about  200  vols.  The  largest 
section  is  theology,  but  philosophy,  church  and  profane  history,  religious  and  pro- 
fane biography,  ascetical  and  devotional  literature,  homiletics,  liturgy  and  English 
literature  are  well  represented.  Dewey  system  is  used  with  card  catalogue. 

Senate  Library  (U.  S.),  The  Capitol.  Edward  C.  Goodwin, 
librarian.  113 

HISTORY. — Although  mentioned  before  1863  its  foundation  dates  from  that  year. 
Its  peculiar  position  in  relation  to  the  Upper  House  of  Congress  has  enabled  it  to 
build  up  one  of  the  finest  collections  of  House  and  Senate  documents  in  existence. 
See  W.  D.  Johnston's  History  of  the  Library  of  Congress,  v.  i,  p.  392-400. 

REGULATIONS. — Open  from  9  a.  m.-4.3o  p.  m.  or  until  the  adjournment  of  the 
Senate.  Reference  library  exclusively  for  the  use  of  the  Senate.  Does  not  engage 
in  interlibrary  loans. 

RESOURCES. — About  200,000  vols.  The  library  is  said  to  contain  the  most 
complete  collection  in  the  world  of  Senate  and  House  documents  of  the  first  thir- 
teen Congresses.  (See  Fifty-third  Congress,  first  session.  Sen.  Mis.  Doc.  5.) 
The  scope  of  the  library  is  the  legislative  and  documentary  history  of  the  country. 
It  is  also  especially  strong  in  federal  and  international  law  and  works  dealing  with 
parliamentary  procedure.  A  printed  catalogue  is  published  bi-annually. 

Smithsonian  Institution,  B  St.  opposite  icth  St.  NW.  Paul 
Brockett,  librarian.  114 

HISTORY. — The  foundations  of  the  Smithsonian  Institution  were  laid  by  James 
Smithson,  an  Englishman  who  died  June  27,  1829.  He  bequeathed  the  whole  of 
his  property  "to  the  United  States  of  America  to  found  at  Washington,  under  the 
name  of  the  Smithsonian  Institution,  an  Establishment  for  the  increase  and  diffu- 
sion of  knowledge  among  men."  The  fact  of  the  bequest  was  not  known  in 
America  until  September,  1835,  a  few  months  after  the  death  of  an  intervening 
heir,  Smithson's  nephew.  On  July  i,  1836,  Congress  authorized  the  President  to 
prosecute  the  claim  of  the  United  States,  which  resulted  in  a  decree  of  the  Court 
of  Chancery,  May  9,  1838,  adjudging  the  Smithson  bequest  to  the  United  States. 
One  of  the  first  suggestions  made  was  to  use  the  fund  to  establish  a  library,  and  a 
bill  for  that  purpose  was  introduced  in  the  next  Congress.  Finally,  after  a  great 
deal  of  discussion  of  various  plans,  the  present  Smithsonian  Institution  was  founded 
by  the  act  approved  August  10,  1846.  The  library  was  a  subject  of  discussion  at 
all  the  early  meetings  of  the  Board  of  Regents,  one  feature,  of  special  significance 
in  subsequent  developments,  being  most  constantly  dwelt  upon — a  great  col- 


LIBRARIES   IN  THE  DISTRICT  OF   COLUMBIA      49 

lection  o<  the  memoirs,  transactions,  and  journals  of  the  learned  societies  of  Europe 
•ad  America. 

Prof.  Charles  C.  Jewett  was  appointed  assistant  secretary  acting  as  librarian  on 
January  21,  1847,  but  it  was  not  until  1849  after  two  years  of  preliminary  study 
that  he  began  actually  to  collect  books.  The  succeeding  six  years  developed  some- 
thing of  a  struggle  between  science  and  literature  in  which  science  finally  tri- 
umphed in  1855.  and  Prof.  Jewett  retired  from  the  institution.  Under  bis  ad- 
ministration the  library  grew  to  32,000  vols.  and  in  the  next  10  years  the  burden 
of  books  grew  so  great  that  at  the  request  of  the  Board  of  Regents,  Congress  passed 
an  act  in  1866  transferring  the  custody  of  the  books  to  the  Library  of  Congress, 
which  had  just  been  provided  with  enlarged  quarters  in  the  Capitol.  Dr.  Theodore 
Gill,  the  librarian  of  the  fvnitlreinian  Library  followed  the  books,  receiving  an 
appointment  as  Assistant  Librarian  of  the  Library  of  Congress,  so  that  he  might 
remain  in  charge  of  the  collection  of  publications  of  learned  societies  and  scientific 
periodicals.  About  40.000  vols.  were  transferred  and  this  transfer  has  continued 
steadily  until  in  1897  the  "  Smjthsnnian  Deposit "  reached  357,000  books,  pamphlets, 
periodicals,  and  maps;  at  present  the  books  alone  are  estimated  at  about  275.000 
vob. 

It  has  been  found  necessary,  however,  to  maintain  a  library  at  the  institution 
for  the  use  of  the  scientific  men  working  with  the  collections  in  the  Smithsonian 
and  the  National  Museum.  The  first  considerable  addition  to  this  collection  of 
books  was  the  gift  in  1876  by  Prof.  Spencer  F.  Baird  of  his  scientific  library.  Fur- 
ther additions  have  been  made  from  time  to  time  and  the  collection  is  now  re- 
ported to  be  one  of  the  best  working  collections  of  scientific  serials  in  existence. 
(See  The  Smithsonian  Institution,  1846-1896,  the  History  of  its  First  Half  Cen- 
tury. Ed.  by  S.  B.  Gooch.  Washington.  1897.) 

RBGCLATIONS. — Open  9  a.  m.-4.3o  p.  m.  daily  except  Sundays  and  holidays. 
Circulating  and  reference  library  for  the  use  of  the  staff  and  Government  depart- 
ments. Engages  in  interlibrary  loans. 

RESOURCES. — Exact  statistics  not  available.  The  library  is  purely  scientific, 
strong  in  the  publications  of  learned  societies.  Has  special  collections  on  aero- 
nautics. Napoleon  (collection  of  Watts  de  Peyster)  and  astrophysics.  There  is  a 
card  catalogue. 

Soldiers'  Home  Library  (U.  S.  Army),  Annex  of  Scott  Building, 
U.  S.  Soldiers'  Home,  Rock  Creek  Church  Road  and  Upshur  St. 
NW.  Miss  Mary  E.  Schick,  librarian.  115 

The  U.  S.  Soldiers'  Home  is  situated  in  a  park  of  over  500  acres  in  the 
extreme  northern  part  of  the  city.  The  grounds,  particularly  the  knoll 
on  which  stands  Gen.  Scott's  statue,  afford  splendid  panoramic  views  of 
the  city. 

The  home  is  for  the  benefit  of  the  soldiers  of  the  Regular  Army  who  have 
been  honorably  discharged  after  20  years  of  service,  or  those  who  have  been 
disabled  in  the  line  of  duty.  There  are  five  main  buildings  as  well  as 
officers'  quarters,  hospital,  chapel,  etc. 

Open-air  concerts  are  given  by  the  band  on  Monday,  Wednesday,  and 
Friday  afternoons  at  4  o'clock. 

The  famous  Adams  monument  by  St.  Gaudens  is  located  in  the  Rock 
Creek  Church  Cemetery  just  north  of  the  Soldiers'  Home  grounds. 

Take  cars  running  north  on  Ninth  St.  marked  '  Soldiers'  Home"  and 
ride  to  the  end  of  the  line.  Cars  run  every  15  minutes:  it  takes  20  minutes 
to  make  the  trip  from  the  Public  Library. 


50  UBRARY  OF   CONGRESS 

HISTORY. — The  U.  S.  Soldiers'  Home  library  dates  back  almost  as  far  as  the 
home  itself,  which  was  founded  in  1851.  It  occupied  a  single  room  in  the  Scott 
Building  until  1877,  when  it  was  moved  into  a  Japanese  building,  which  had  been 
purchased  from  the  Centennial  exposition  commission  for  $39,000.  The  library 
remained  in  this  interesting  and  picturesque  old  structure  until  1911,  when  as  it 
had  outgrown  the  building,  it  was  finally  moved  into  the  Annex  of  the  Scott 
Building. 

Reorganization  began  in  1911  and  many  changes  have  been  made  and  the  library 
is  now  thoroughly  modern  in  its  equipment  and  methods. 

REGULATIONS. — Open  7.30  a.  m.-8.30  p.  m.  Circulating  library  for  the  members 
and  employees  of  the  home,  but  the  reference  and  reading  rooms  are  open  to  the 
public.  Does  not  engage  in  interlibrary  loans. 

RESOURCES. — There  are  12,500  vols.  in  the  library;  its  average  growth  being 
about  1,000  vols.  per  year.  The  library  has  a  good  working  collection  of  books, 
about  40  per  cent  of  which  is  fiction. 

Card  catalogue  composed  almost  entirely  of  Library  of  Congress  printed  cards. 

A  branch  library  is  maintained  at  the  hospital,  where  also  there  are  daily  readings 
for  the  blind. 

Sons  of  the  American  Revolution,  District  of  Columbia  Society, 
State,  War,  and  Navy  Building,  southeast  corner  i7th  St.  and  Pa. 
Ave.  NW.,  5th  floor.  Charles  West  Stewart,  secretary.  116 

REGULATIONS.— Open  9  a.  m.-4.3o  p.  m.  daily  except  Sundays  and  holidays. 
Reference  library  for  the  use  of  the  members,  but  anyone  properly  introduced  may 
consult  the  collection. 

RESOURCES. — About  800  vols.  consisting  largely  of  the  reports  of  the  various 
State  societies,  genealogies,  and  a  few  manuscripts.  There  is  a  manuscript  cata- 
logue. 

Standards,  Library  of  the  Bureau  of  (U.  S.  Department  of  Com- 
merce), Pierce  Mill  Road,  west  of  Connecticut  Ave.  A.  Fanti, 
librarian.  117 

HISTORY. — A  small  number  of  books  collected  by  the  office  of  Weights  and 
Measures  formed  the  nucleus  of  the  library  when  the  bureau  was  established  in 
1901. 

REGULATIONS. — Open  9  a.m.-4.3o  p.  m.  daijy  except  Sundays  and  holidays. 
Reference,  scientific,  and  technical  library  for  the  use  of  the  bureau.  Visitors  are 
welcome  during  office  hours,  in  special  cases,  to  consult  books  not  available  in 
the  general  libraries  of  the  District. 

RESOURCES. — 11,166  vols.,  besides  a  few  thousand  unbound  pamphlets,  mostly 
reprints.  Growth  1912-13, 1,081  vols.  326  periodicals,  including  annuals,  are  cur- 
rently received.  The  library  is  devoted  entirely  to  physics,  technology,  chemistry, 
and  mathematics.  It  has  a  card  catalogue  (L.  C.  cards)  and  a  manuscript  list  of 
U.  S.  publications  bearing  on  weights  and  measures. 

State,  Department  of  (U.  S.).    See  Rolls  and  Library,  Bureau  of 

(U.  S.). 


LIBRARIES  IN  THB  DISTRICT  OF  COLUMBIA      51 

Statistics,  Bureau  of  (U.  S.)~  See  Agriculture,  Library  of  the 
Department  of  (U.  S.)-  Bureau  libraries. 

Supervising  Architect,  Office  of  the  (U.  S.  Treasury  Department), 
Treasury  Building,  isth  St.  and  Pa.  Ave.  NW.,  room  408.  W.  D. 
Windom,  librarian.  118 

HISTORY. — The  library  was  organized  in  April,  1895.  with  a  nucleus  of  about 
loovols.,  which  had  been  acquired  at  various  times  in  previous  years.  The  greater 
part  of  its  growth  took  place  in  the  succeeding  five  years.  Since  then  its  growth 
has  been  irregular,  depending  largely  upon  the  opportunities  that  are  offered  for 
the  purchase  of  new  or  rare  books  which  come  within  the  scope  of  the  library. 

REGULATIONS. — Open  9  a.  rn.-4.3o  p.  m.  Technical  reference  library  for  the  use 
of  the  designers  and  draughtsmen  of  the  office.  Does  not  engage  in  interHbrary 
loans. 

RESOURCES. — About  1.300  vols.  The  books  deal  with  construction  and  build- 
ing materials  and  with  architectural  design,  ancient  and  modern.  As  the  public 
buildings  erected  in  recent  years  have  been  almost  exclusively  in  the  classic  or 
renaissance  styles,  the  library  is  stronger  on  this  side  than  in  the  gothic  and  other 
styles.  A  card  catalogue  has  been  compiled.  A  special  feature  is  a  classified 
collection  of  photographs  and  of  plates  from  architectural  periodicals  numbering 
at  present  2,500  and  constantly  growing. 

Supreme  Council,  33°,  Library  of  the,  3d  and  E  Sts.  NW.  Wil- 
liam L.  Boyden,  librarian.  119 

HISTORY. — In  1878  the  Supreme  Council  of  the  33d  degree  passed  a  resolution 
appropriating  an  amount  for  the  purchase  of  books  to  form  a  Hbrary.  Appropria- 
tions of  money  and  donations  of  books  have  been  made  from  year  to  year  until 
the  library  has  assumed  its  present  proportions.  General  Albert  Pike,  the  author, 
who  was  grand  commander  of  the  Supreme  Council  from  1859  to  1891,  gave  his 
large  collection  of  literature  to  the  library,  amounting  to  some  5,000  vols.  The 
library  belongs  to  the  Supreme  Council  of  the  33d  degree  of  Freemasonry  for  the 
southern  jurisdiction  of  the  United  States,  and  has  its  offices  and  stack  rooms  in 
the  building  at  the  corner  of  3d  and  E  Sts.  NW.,  but  in  1915  the  offices  and  the 
library  will  be  moved  to  the  magnificent  new  temple  of  the  Supreme  Council  now 
nearing  completion  at  the  corner  of  i6th  and  S  Sts.  XW.  Few  people  realize  the 
immense  amount  and  diversified  character  of  the  literature  of  Freemasonry,  and 
this  library"  is  said  to  be  the  most  complete  on  this  subject  of  any  Masonic  or  other 
library  in  the  world. 

REGOT^TIOXS. — Open  9  a.  m.-4-3o  p.  m.  except  Sundays  and  holidays.  Circu- 
lating and  reference  library  primarily  for  the  use  of  the  fraternity,  but  open  to  the 
public  when  properly  vouched  for  by  a  member;  does  not  engage  in  inter  library 
loans. 

RESOURCES. — 100,000  vols.  and  pamphlets.  Growth  last  year,  24.000  vols.  and 
pamphlets.  The  library  is  devoted  chiefly  to  the  literature  of  Freemasonry  and 
has  special  collections  on  occultism,  philosophy,  science,  Americana,  Hebraica, 
archaeology,  fine  arts,  and  folk-lore.  Card  catalogue. 

Supreme  Court  Library  (U.  S.),  The  Capitol.  120 

The  Supreme  Court  library  and  the  law  library  of  Congress  are  ident  ical  and  are 
a  division  of  the  Library  of  Congress.  To  meet  the  various  service  required  there 


52  LIBRARY   OF   CONGRESS 

are  three  sections.  The  collection  in  the  conference  room  of  the  Supreme  Court  of 
the  United  States  is  for  the  exclusive  use  of  the  Justices.  The  law  library  at  the 
Capitol  immediately  below  the  Supreme  Court  room  is  open  also  to  members  of 
the  bar,  Senators  and  Representatives,  and  persons  engaged  in  research  for  any 
Government  department  or  bureau.  It  is  open  from  9  a.  m.-io  p.  m.  except  during 
the  summer  months  when  it  closes  at  4.30  p.  m.,  but  while  either  House  is  sitting 
some  one  is  always  in  attendance.  The  third  section  is  the  Law  Division  in  the 
main  library  and  its  books  are  used  under  the  same  regulations  which  govern  the 
other  divisions  of  that  library.  This  includes  foreign  law  books  and  a  reference 
collection  for  student  use  in  the  main  reading  room. 

Surgeon  General's  Office,  Library  of  the  (U.  S.  War  Department), 
7th  and  B  Sts.  SW.  Lieut.  Col.  Champe  C.  McCulloch,  jr., 
A.  M.  C.,  librarian.  121 

HISTORY. — The  library  was  begun  by  Surg.  Gen.  Lovell  prior  to  1836,  and  for 
many  years  consisted  of  a  small  collection  of  medical  books  and  journals  in  the 
Surgeon  General's  office.  At  the  beginning  of  the  Civil  War  the  collection 
amounted  to  about  400  vols.  During  the  administration  of  Surg.  Gen.  Ham- 
mond, 1862-63,  359  vols.  were  added,  and  during  1864-65  about  1,000  vols.,  selected 
mainly  by  Drs.  Woodward  and' Otis.  In  the  fall  of  1865  Dr.  John  Shaw  Billings 
became  librarian  and  with  his  administration  began  that  wonderful  growth  of  the 
library  which  has  made  it  now  the  leading  medical  library  of  the  world. 

REGULATIONS. — Open  9  a.  m.-4.3o  p.  m.  daily  except  Sundays  and  holidays. 
Reference  library,  but  books  are  lent  to  the  medical  profession.  Engages  in  inter- 
library  loans. 

RESOURCES. — 182,984  vols.  and  320,343  pamphlets,  making  a  total  of  503,327. 
Average  growth  per  year  about  4,500  vols.  and  nearly  twice  as  many  pamphlets. 

PUBLICATIONS. — Index-catalogue  of  the  library  of  the  Surgeon  General's  office, 
United  States  Army,  ist  series  16  vols.  1881-1895.  ad  series  Vol.  I-XVIII 
(A-Tzschirner)  1896-1913.  Also:  Index-medicus,  a  monthly  classified  index  of 
the  current  medical  literature  of  the  world,  published  by  the  Carnegie  institution 
of  Washington. 

Swedenborgian  Church  Library.  See  Washington  Society  of  the 
New  Jerusalem. 

Tariff  Board  (U.  S.).  122 

This  body  had  its  origin  in  the  appropriation  act  of  August  5,  1909,  which  per- 
mitted the  President  to  employ  the  services  of  experts.  Appropriations  for  the 
body  thus  created  were  contained  in  the  acts  of  June  25,  1910,  and  March  4,  1911, 
but  it  came  to  an  end  by  failure  to  renew  the  appropriation  in  the  act  of  June  30, 
1912.  Shortly  after,  the  library,  which  had  been  accumulated,  was  transferred  to 
the  Library  of  Congress  under  a  general  act  approved  February  25,  1903.  The 
library  at  the  time  of  transfer  consisted  of  2,335  vols.,  1,490  pamphlets,  5,552  num- 
bers of  periodicals. 

(See  Report  of  the  Librarian  of  Congress  for  1912,  p.  32.) 

Teachers'  Library,  Wilson  Normal  School,  nth  and  Harvard  Sts. 
NW.  Miss  Mina  Goetz,  librarian.  123 

HISTORY. — The  library  was  gradually  accumulated  in  the  office  of  the  Superin- 
tendent of  schools.  Its  formal  inception  dates  from  January,  1895.  In  1913  the 


LIBRARIES  IN  THE   DISTRICT  OF   COLUMBIA      53 

library  w-as  moved  from  the  Franklin  School  to  the  J.  O.  Wilson  Normal  School, 
and  advantage  was  taken  of  the  opportunity  to  discard  about  3.000  old  and  useless 
vols.,  reducing  the  number  from  11,462  vols.  to  8,584  vols. 

REGULATIONS. — Open  8  a.  m.-4  p.  m.  on  school  days  and  from  9.30-11.30  a.  m. 
on  Saturdays.  Circulating  and  reference  library  open  to  all  teachers  in  the  Dis- 
trict of  Columbia,  normal  school  students,  occasionally  to  high  school  students 
and  outsiders.  Lends  to  high  school  libraries. 

RESOURCES. — 8,584  vols.  Average  yearly  growth  325  vols.  Volumes  are  added 
through  funds  contributed  by  teachers  and  appropriations  by  Congress.  Two 
printed  partial  catalogues  were  issued;  now  use  card  catalogue. 

Theosophical  Society,  Capital  City  Lodge,  1216  H  St.  NW.  Mrs. 
Maja  Crocker,  librarian.  124 

HISTORY. — The  Capitol  City  Lodge  was  organized  and  duly  chartered  as  a 
lodge  of  the  Theosophical  Society  on  the  first  of  November,  1907.  The  same  year 
the  library  was  founded  by  the  members  who  donated  the  first  books  (about  30). 

REGULATIONS. — Open  from  3  p.  m.-s  p.  m.  daily  except  Saturdays  and  Sundays. 
The  library  is  also  open  during  lectures  and  study  classes  at  the  lodge.  Reading 
room  and  reference  and  lending  library  for  the  use  of  the  members  of  the  lodge. 
Persons  other  than  members  may  draw  books  at  the  rate  of  5  cents  per  week. 

RESOURCES. — About  360  vols.  Average  growth  per  year,  about  63  vols.  The 
aim  of  the  library  is  to  collect  books  on  occult  subjects  in  their  philosophic  and 
religious  aspects.  There  is  a  card  catalogue. 

Treasury  Department  Library  (U.  S.),  Treasury  Building,  i5th 
St.  and  Pa.  Ave.  NW.  Miss  Emma  M.  V.  Triepel,  librarian.  125 

HISTORY. — References  to  the  Treasury  Department  library  in  the  Government 
publications  indicate  that  early  in  the  igth  century  there  was  a  collection  of  books, 
probably  small,  belonging  to  the  department.  In  1850  an  appropriation  was  made 
by  Congress  of  $1,000,  to  be  expended  by  the  Library  of  Congress  for  books  for  the 
library  of  the  Treasury. 

By  act  of  June  4,  1897,  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  was  directed  to  appoint  a 
librarian  of  the  Treasury  Department,  at  a  salary  of  $1,200. 

In  1899  the  library  was  reorganized  and  the  Dewey  system  of  classification 
introduced,  but  a  quantity  of  fiction  and  general  literature  was  retained. 

In  1908  and  1909  all  fiction  and  most  of  the  general  literature  were  discarded 
and  in  1911  the  library  was  moved  into  a  more  central  location,  modern  steel  stacks 
introduced,  and  a  modification  of  the  Library  of  Congress  system  of  classification 
adopted. 

REGULATIONS. — Open  9  a.  m.-4.3o  p.  m.  daily  except  Sundays  and  holidays. 
Reference  library  primarily  for  official  use  by  employees  of  the  department,  but 
available  to  the  general  public  during  the  hours  when  general  access  to  the  build- 
ing is  permitted. 

The  library  lends  books  to  other  Government  libraries  when  desired,  and 
frequently  borrows  from  them. 

RESOURCES. — 11,060  bound  vols.  and  520  pamphlets.  Growth  last  year  230 
bound  vols.  Of  the  total  number  of  bound  vol..  about  2,600  are  works  relating 
to  finance,  histories  of  a  general  nature,  a  few  biographies  and  encyclopedias  and 
dictionaries.  The  remaining  8,460  are  U.  S.  Government  documents. 

There  is  a  card  catalogue  of  books,  and  a  depository  set  of  catalogue  cards  from 
the  Library  of  Congress,  for  works  in  that  institution  relating  to  finance  (except 
insurance),  tariff,  coins  and  medals  (the  latter  to  April  18,  1911). 


54  LIBRARY   OP   CONGRESS 

Trinity  College,  Michigan  Ave.  NE.  (Brookland,  D.  C.).  Sister 
Mary  Patricia,  S.  N.  D.,  librarian.  126 

HISTORY. — The  library  was  established  in  1900,  the  date  of  the  founding  of  the 
college. 

REGULATIONS. — Open  from  8  a.  m.-iz.jo  p.  m.  and  from  i  p.  rn.-g.3o  p.  m. 
daily;  college  library.  The  books  are  on  open  shelves  and  may  be  taken  to  the 
students'  rooms,  but  are  not  allowed  to  be  taken  out  of  the  building  by  fhe  day 
students.  It  does  not  often  lend  books  to  other  libraries,  but  is  willing  to  do  so. 

RESOURCES. — 15,364  books  and  pamphlets  (about  300);  average  growth,  1,000 
vols.  per  year.  The  library  aims  at  supplying  everything  needed  for  its  work 
both  for  students  and  teachers.  It  has  no  special  collections  excepting  the  works 
of  the  Fathers  of  the  Church  in  the  original  Greek  and  Latin  and  in  French  trans- 
lations; also  scholastic  philosophy  in  Latin.  The  library  has  a  reading  room  and 
subscribes  for  100  magazines,  reviews,  and  newspapers.  There  is  a  card  catalogue 
and  shelf  list. 

United  States  College  of  Veterinary  Surgeons,  222  C  St.  NW. 

i26a 

REGULATIONS. — Open  from  9  a.  m.-io  p.  m.  A  reference  library  for  the  use  of 
the  students. 

RESOURCES. — From  three  to  four  hundred  vols.  on  veterinary  medicine  and 
allied  subjects. 

United  States  Court  of  Customs  Appeals,  northwest  corner  of  New 
York  Ave.  and  i5th  St.  NW.  Thomas  H.  Clark,  acting  librarian. 

127 

HISTORY. — The  library  was  founded  April,  1910,  when  the  court  itself  was  estab- 
lished. 

REGULATIONS. — Open  at  all  hours  to  the  judges  of  the  court,  for  whose  use  the 
library  is  primarily  maintained.  In  a  small  way  it  is  made  use  of  also  by  the 
attorneys  of  the  court. 

RESOURCES. — About  1,500  vols.;  average  growth,  50  vols.  per  year.  The  library 
is  strictly  a  working  law  library,  with  about  100  vols.  on  technical  subjects  covered 
by  the  tariff  law.  There  is  a  card  catalogue. 

Visitation  Convent.    See  Georgetown  Visitation  Convent. 

Volta  Bureau,  Reference  Library  of  the,  1601  35th  St.  NW.  Fred 
De  Land,  librarian  and  superintendent.  128 

HISTORY. — This  library  was  founded  and  endowed  in  1888  by  Alexander  Graham 
Bell,  the  inventor  of  the  telephone,  and  was  the  outgrowth  of  extensive  researches 
he  engaged  hi  to  determine  the  causes  of  deafness.  In  1909  he  presented  the  library , 
the  Volta  bureau,  and  other  property  to  the  American  association  to  promote  the 
teaching  of  speech  to  the  deaf,  and  it  is  now  owned  and  controlled  by  the  asso- 
ciation. 

The  library  takes  its  name  from  the  fact  that  the  Volta  prize,  created  by  Napo- 
leon I,  was  conferred  upon  Dr.  Bell  for  the  invention  of  the  telephone.  This  prize 
carried  a  gift  of  50,000  francs  ($10,000),  which  Dr.  Bell  invested  in  laboratory 
researches  that  finally  resulted  in  the  invention  of  the  phonograph-graphophone. 


LIBRARIES  IN  THE  DISTRICT  OF  COLUMBIA      55 


1  for  this  invention  be  set  aside  the  arm  of  fioouoao 


work  were  carried  on  in  a  room  in  the  Yalta  laboratory. 
and  thns  the  fibrary  derives  its  name  from  the  source  of  its  income  and  first 

RBGCIATHKS. — Open  Sjo  a.  BL.-U  m.  and  i  p.  nu-j  p.  m.  daily  except  Son- 
days  and  holidays-  On  Saturdays  during  June.  July,  and  Angus*  open  only  front 
&jo  a.  m--ia  m.  Is  a  specialized  rtfamice  Hbrary  of  Kteratnre  relating  to  the 
deaf.  Does  nc«  engage  m  mterfabrary  loans. 

RESOCXCBS. — The  Hbrary  mrmdcs  aO  procurahir  irorks  on  the  education  of 
the  deaf  and  the  ways  and  means  for  amriinrating  their  rendition  At  present 
exact  statistics  of  the  number  of  voaamcs  are  not  avaifahk-  The  collection  includes 
413  periodicals,  of  which  135.  bound  in  907  vofe..  were  pnbfished  in  America,  and 
188.  bound  in  135  vob..  were  published  in  foreign  ^myntir*.  There  is  also  a  more 
nmplrtr  onlWtinm  nt  printed  arnmal  rgpnrts  from  sAaak  far  the  deaf  than  can  he 
found  anywhere  ebe  in  the  world;  155  vok.  are  from  American  «ri«niJc  and  r66 
vofc.  lepresent  the  reports  of  schools  in  foreign  countries.  Of  special  interest  to 
those  encaged  in  •"***•*•  work,  mention  JMI"M  be  made  of — 

vrtmnk  for  the  Affl  in  th^  United  States  **'"  '"g  the  •««•»** ••••ti»  ««iimy  (1(17-1900). 
with  fall  details  concerning  them  taken  from  the  private  records  of  the  schools 
(a)  Voluminous  MSS.  containing  authentic  information  concerning  4^71  mar- 

tfc«iiml»i  i  with  details  concerning  the  parents  and  other  ancestors.  «"H  tfc^ 
brothers  and  sisters  and  children  of  the  partners  in  marriage.  Many  of  the  details 

(3)  The  special  schedules  of  the  deaf  used  by  the  census  office  in  1900.  oMilaiuing 

«    ,      -.  -  *     I-.f .,..--  .•:..-- i.      -    i    ,      m^    -  a»-      -,  — ,  ,,-,  .       n,^  --,  -,  -  ,f     __       .      -  f    ^-.     f*    .        g  J 

tifuiieu  miormauon  4uiHCfiiing  99^117  persons  mnrneo  as  oeai  or  deal  ana. 
dumb  "in  the  TweMth  Census  of  the  United  States.  The  informatian  is  authentic 
because  supplied  by  the  deaf  persons  thf  insglt  cs.  The  peiimairfj  f»t*\*.  used  by 
the  *  •••*jiK  <rfIWy  m  tabulating  the  returns  are  also  preserved  in  the  Voha  fun  ran 

War  Department  Library  (U.  S.),  State,  War,  and  Navy  Building, 
iTth  St.  and  Pa.  Ave.  XW.S  fifth  floor,  west  center,  principal  room 
No.  528.1  James  W.  Cheney,  A.  M.,  librarian.  129 

HTSTOKT. — The  War  Department  library  is  the  oldest  Government  Hbrary  fa 

fast  decade  of  the  eighteenth  century  during  the  occupation  of  PhOaddphia  as  the 
temporary  National  *>!»*•'  In  the  report  of  Acting  Seuetaiy  of  War.  «••«•! 
Dexter,  to  the  House  of  Representatives  under  date  of  February  xz.  xSor.  the 
hbrary  is  described  as  one  that  was  *  extensive,  and  contained  many  military  works 
of  celebrity'."* 

Its  first  Washington  home  was  in  a  three-story  brick  dwdfing  house  on  the 
south  side  of  Pennsylvania  Avenue,  covering  a  part  of  the  site  now  occupied  by 
the  double  bouse  numbered  1148-50.  In  iSi£  the  Ebrary  was  moved  into  the  "  West 
e*eiuU»e  building"  in  the  southwest  portion  of  the  site  of  the  present  State.  War. 
and  Xavy  Building.  About  iS«  more  permanent  0.0*1  to  s  were  found  in  the  old 

1  Just  as  we  go  to  press  information  reaches  us  that  the  Hbrary  is  to  be  trans- 
ferred to  the  Army  War  College,  foot  of  <KSt.  SW. 


56  LIBRARY   OF   CONGRESS 

"Northwest  building."  During  the  last  three  years  of  the  Civil  War  the  library 
was  closed,  and  its  principal  room  was  occupied  by  the  War  Department  Telegraph 
Division,  where  Lincoln  spent  much  of  his  time  during  the  day  awaiting  the  latest 
news  from  the  front.  The  historic  old  clock  that  marked  those  anxious  hours  is 
still  in  the  possession  of  the  library. 

When  the  Northwest  building  was  taken  down  in  1879,  the  library  was  moved 
into  the  east  wing  of  the  present  building,  thence  to  the  north  wing  in  1883,  and,  in 
February,  1888,  to  its  present  home,  the  first  one  especially  constructed  for  it. 
This  room,  in  the  west  wing  of  the  fifth  floor,  was  admirably  designed  for  library 
purposes  with  a  capacity  for  50,000  books  conveniently  arranged  on  four  floors,  the 
upper  three  surrounding  a  central  well. 

After  a  century  of  civilian  administration,  military  supervision  was  established 
(see  War  Dept.  Cir.  No.  2,  Feb.  24,  1894)  and  Brig.  Gen.  A.  W.  Greely,  the  Chief 
Signal  Officer  of  the  Army,  was  placed  in  charge  March  31,  1894.  The  modern 
War  Department  library  now  began  to  develop.  Unnecessary  red  tape  was 
abolished  and  most  direct  business  methods  were  applied.  Purchases  were  made 
both  from  the  Army  contingent  fund  and  the  department  contingent  fund.  An 
extensive  correspondence  with  other  libraries  and  with  leading  historical  societies 
resulted  in  profitable  accessions  in  military  science  and  history.  By  careful  selec- 
tion and  elimination  the  whole  collection  was  intensified  along  military  lines.  In 
less  than  n  years  15  finding  lists  and  subject  catalogues  were  issued,  and  the  wider 
circulation  of  loans  to  Army  officers  already  referred  to  was  established.  The  card 
catalogue  was  modernized,  accession  cards  took  the  place  of  the  cumbersome  book 
record,  and  an  effective  system  of  classification  was  adopted.  The  priceless  collec- 
tion of  Civil  War  negatives  and  photographs  (including  the  famous  Brady  set 
which  cost  the  Government  $25,000)  was  rescued  from  imminent  destruction  and 
properly  classified.  Annual  reports  of  the  library  were  printed  (for  the  first  time 
in  its  history)  appearing  in  the  reports  of  the  Chief  Signal  Officer,  1894-1904. 

In  the  transfer  of  Gen.  Greely  to  other  fields  of  usefulness  the  War  Department 
library  suffered  a  distinct  loss  because  of  his  personal  devotion  to  the  work  and  his 
familiarity  with  its  most  pressing  demands. 

Since  the  spring  of  1904  the  library  has  been  under  the  supervision  of  the  second 
section  of  the  General  Staff,  now  known  as  the  Army  War  College  Division. 

REGULATIONS. — Open  9  a.  m.-4.3o  p.  m.  daily  except  Sundays  and  holidays. 
Reading  room  and  general  reference  privileges  are  extended  to  all. 

Loans  are  limited  to  Army  officers,  department  employees,  and  "to  scientific 
investigators,  and  to  duly  qualified  individuals,  students  and  graduates  of  institu- 
tions of  learning  in  the  several  States  and  Territories,  as  well  as  in  the  District  of 
Columbia"  (under  law  of  March  3,  1901).  The  circulation  of  loans  was  extended  to 
Army  officers  at  distant  posts  under  the  provisions  of  General  Orders  21,  War 
Department,  A.  G.  O.,  1894.  Engages  in  interlibrary  loans. 

RESOURCES.— 60,000  vols.  and  40,000  pamphlets.  One  of  the  most  extensive 
reference  collections  on  military  science  especially  rich  in  printed  rosters  and  official 
reports  of  American  wars.  The  library  is  rich  in  United  States  documents,  having 
a  perfect  file  of  the  original  Journals  of  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives, 
and  a  practically  complete  set  of  congressional  documents  and  reports  from  the 
beginning  of  the  Fifteenth  Congress.  It  has  sets  of  the  Journals  of  the  Continental 
Congress,  Proceedings  of  the  Constitutional  Convention,  the  American  Archives, 
American  State  Papers,  Annals  of  Congress,  Register  of  Debates,  Congressional 
Globe,  Congressional  Record,  and  Supreme  Court  Reports.  There  are  files  of  the 
Washington  Globe  (1831-1869),  Boston  Evening  Transcript,  Washington  Post, 
Washington  Star  (from  1902),  National  Intelligencer  (1806-1858),  Niles'  Weekly 


LIBRARIES   IX  THE   DISTRICT   OF   COLUMBIA      57 

Register,  and  many  bound  volumes  of  eighteenth  century  papers.  The  library 
also  preserves  a  collection  of  newspaper  clippings  on  the  Spanish  American  War 
in  20  large  folio  volumes.  A  slightly  modified  form  of  the  Library  of  Congress 
classification  was  adopted  in  1904.  which,  in  connection  with  the  L.  C.  printed  cards, 
has  been  found  very  useful.  Twenty  finding  lists  have  been  printed,  mostly 
subject  catalogues  covering  Texas,  Mexico,  Mexican  War,  Chattanooga,  Chicka- 
mauga  and  State  participation  in  the  Civil  War,  the  third  edition  of  which  has 
developed  into  a  bibliography  of  1,140  pages.  Gen.  Greely's  researches  into  the 
original  documents  of  the  first  fourteen  congresses  resulted  in  a  finding  list  of  nearly 
a  thousand  pages,  which,  despite  the  errors  incident  to  a  first  edition,  is  invalu- 
able to  students  of  American  history,  because  up  to  the  present  time  it  is  the  only 
printed  list  accessible  to  students  on  this  special  subject. 

Washington  Academy  of  Sciences.  Corresponding  secretary, 
George  K.  Burgess.  C.  H.  Brooks,  chairman  library  committee, 
address,  Geological  Survey.  130 

The  Washington  Academy  of  Sciences  was  founded  in  1898.  It  has  a  collection 
of  several  thousand  volumes,  periodicals,  and  the  publications  of  learned  societies, 
most  of  which  have  been  received  in  exchange  for  its  own  proceedings  during  the 
last  10  years.  The  collection  is  stored  at  the  Smithsonian  Institution,  and  is  not 
available  at  present.  The  library  committee  is  considering  some  means  of  making 
the  volumes  useful  or  disposing  of  them. 

Washington  Chamber  of  Commerce,  1202  F  St.  NW.  Thomas 
Grant,  secretary.  131 

Maintains  only  a  small  library  of  about  a  hundred  volumes  of  reports  affecting 
the  District  of  Columbia,  building  regulations,  trade  directories,  etc. 

Washington  College  of  Law,  1317-1319  New  York  Ave.  NW.     132 

There  is  a  small  reference  library  of  law  books,  about  500  vols..  for  the  use  of  the 
students  of  the  school.  Open  from  9.30  a.  m.-g  p.  m. 

Washington  Diocese  Library.  See  Missionary  Library  of  the 
Diocese  of  Washington,  D.  C. 

Washington  Society  of  the  New  Jerusalem,  i6th  and  Corcoran 
Sts.  NW.  Frederick  Swanton,  librarian.  133 

REGtTL-vnoxs. — Open  on  Sundays  after  church  services.  Reference  and  circu- 
lating library  free  to  all.  only  a  portion  being  reserved  for  reference  use.  Does  not 
engage  in  interlibrary  loans. 

RESOURCES. — 1.404  vols.  (including  unbound  magazines  counted  by  volume 
and  pamphlets  by  cases).  The  scope  of  the  library  is  the  life,  writings,  and  teach- 
ings of  Emanuel  Swederiborg,  including  translations  in  various  languages,  works 
expository  of  his  writings  and  of  the  Bible,  or  illustrating  the  doctrines  of  the  Xew 
Church,  its  history,  etc.  There  is  a  collection  of  New  Church  periodicals,  in  English 
and  German,  some  dating  back  to  the  close  of  the  eighteenth  century.  The  library 
also  possesses  some  rare  early  editions  of  Swedenborg's  writings.  There  is  a  card 
catalogue. 


58  LIBRARY   OF   CONGRESS 

Weather  Bureau  Library  (U.  S.  Department  of  Agriculture),  24th 
and  M  Sts.  NW.  Prof.  C.  Fitzhugh  Talman,  librarian.  134 

HISTORY. — Systematic  meteorological  observations  in  the  United  States  date 
back  to  1817.  In  1849  the  Secretary  of  the  Smithsonian  Institution  organized  the 
observers  into  a  corps.  Weather  observations  were  made  part  of  the  duties  of  the 
Chief  Signal  Officer  of  the  Army  in  February,  1870,  and  the  meteorological  collec- 
tion of  books  dates  from  about  this  time.  The  books  which  gradually  accumu- 
lated were  transferred  together  with  the  meteorological  records  to  the  newly  or- 
ganized United  States  Weather  Bureau  July  i,  1890,  under  the  Department  of 
Agriculture.  The  Weather  Bureau  library,  unlike  the  other  bureau  libraries  of 
the  Department  of  Agriculture,  has  not  become  a  branch  of  the  main  library  of 
the  department  but  has  maintained  a  continuous  separate  existence. 

REGULATIONS. — Open  9  a.  m.-4.3o  pi  m.  daily  except  Sundays  and  holidays. 
Reference  library  primarily  intended  for  officials  and  employees  of  the  Weather 
Bureau  in  connection  with  their  scientific  work  but  is  open  to  outsiders  engaged 
in  scientific  investigations.  Books  circulate  to  a  limited  extent  to  officials  of  the 
bureau.  Engages  in  interlibrary  loans. 

RESOURCES. — 32,000  vols.  including  pamphlets.  Average  annual  growth  up- 
wards of  1,000  vols.,  including  pamphlets.  Scope  of  the  library  is  meteorology  and 
closely  allied  subjects.  In  meteorology  and  climatology  the  library  is  believed  to 
be  stronger  than  any  other  library  in  the  world.  Card  catalogue  (MS.),  including 
card  bibliography  of  meteorological  contents  of  all  periodicals  and  serials  received. 

The  Weather  Bureau  maintains  small  libraries  (of  from  a  dozen  to  a  few  hun- 
dred vols.  each)  at  about  200  stations  throughout  the  United  States.  These  are 
under  the  supervision  of  the  main  library  of  the  bureau  in  Washington. 

PUBLICATIONS. — Lists  of  current  accessions  and  of  meteorological  articles  in 
current  periodicals  published  regularly  in  Monthly  weather  review.  A  select 
bibliography  of  meteorology,  "Brief  list  of  meteorological  textbooks  and  reference 
books,"  has  been  issued  in  three  editions  (3d  ed.,  1913). 

Western  High  School  Library,  35th  and  RSts.  NW.1  Miss  M.  H. 
Davis,  librarian.  135 

HISTORY. — When  the  school  building  was  completed  in  1898,  the  library  of 
1,850  vols.  was  placed  in  a  room  on  the  first  floor,  in  charge  of  one  of  the  teachers. 
In  1906  a  librarian  was  appointed  who  served  at  the  same  time  as  clerk  of  the  school, 
but  it  was  not  until  1909,  when  the  two  offices  were  separated  and  the  books  were 
removed  to  larger  and  lighter  quarters  on  the  second  floor,  that  a  period  of  steady 
growth  began,  and  the  circulation  was  doubled. 

REGULATIONS. — Open  every  school  day  from  8.45  a.  m.-3.3o  p.  m.  School 
library  for  reference  and  circulation;  privileges  are  extended  to  the  students  and 
faculty  of  the  school  for  home  as  well  as  school  use;  does  not  interchange,  but  the 
Public  Library  of  the  District  of  Columbia  affords  every  privilege. 

RESOURCES. — 2,551  vols.  and  719  pamphlets;  average  growth  per  year  about 
50  vols.  Special  attention  is  given  to  history  and  literature.  There  are  a  dic- 
tionary card  catalogue,  and  a  card  shelf  list. 

1  The  library  was  partly  destroyed  by  fire  on  the  morning  of  April  24,  1914. 


LIBRARIES   IN  THE   DISTRICT   OF   COLUMBIA      59 

Young  Men's  Christian  Association  Station  of  the  Public  Library, 
Y.  M.  C.  A.  Building,  1736  G  St.  NW.  Myron  J.  Jones,  director; 
B.  E.  Hunsinger,  assistant  librarian.  136 

HISTORY. — The  department  of  education  in  the  Washington  Young  Men's 
Christian  Association  had  its  beginning  with  the  organization  of  the  association  in 
1852.  The  charter  granted  by  Congress  in  1865  included  in  its  statement  of  purposes 
"The  intellectual  welfare  of  young  men  hi  the  community."  In  1867  this  asso- 
ciation had  developed  one  of  the  largest  libraries  in  the  city  and  performed  an 
important  public  educational  service  for  years  through  its  free  circulation  of  books 
and  periodicals.  This  library  was  later  merged  with  the  Public  Library  of  the 
City  of  Washington. 

The  Y.  M.  C.  A.  station  of  the  Washington  Public  Library  was  formally  estab- 
lished in  the  present  quarters  in  the  east  alcove  of  the  central  Young  Men's  Chris- 
tian Association,  1736  G  St.  XW.,  in  September,  1907. 

Prom  its  inception  it  has  been  under  the  direction  of  the  department  of  educa- 
tion of  the  association  with  a  trained  librarian  in  charge.  Its  service  has  been  free 
to  the  public,  but  a  large  per  cent  of  the  patronage  has  been  drawn  naturally  from 
members  of  the  Young  Men's  Christian  Association  who  daily  visit  the  clubhouse. 

REGULATIOXS. — Open  4.30  p.  m.-io  p.  m.  daily  except  Sundays.  Circulating 
and  reference  library  in  closest  affiliation  with  the  Public  Library. 

RESOURCES. — The  collection  of  books  kept  on  the  shelves  of  the  station  includes 
about  2,000  vols.,  which  have  been  specially  selected  with  reference  to  the  patrons 
enrolled.  A  large  number  of  students  and  members  of  the  Y.  M.  C.  A.  are  patrons. 
In  addition  to  this  collection  books  of  the  Washington  Public  Library  are  avail- 
able on  order  through  this  station  by  means  of  motorcycle  service  established 
three  years  ago.  Students,  debating-chib  members,  and  groups  pursuing  studies 
on  current  questions  have  been  given  the  special  advantage  of  magazines  and 
periodicals,  which  have  been  allowed  to  circulate.  Cooperation  with  neighboring 
institutions  and  the  Federal  departments  is  a  feature.  The  reference  library 
includes  English,  French,  and  German  dictionaries,  atlases,  etc..  and  there  is  a 
special  collection  on  the  Bible  and  Bible  literature  and  missions.  Card  catalogue 
and  the  usual  indexes  of  the  Public  Library. 

Young  Women's  Christian  Association,  936  F  St.  NW.  137 

HISTORY. — The  library  was  organized  in  1907  when  the  Young  Women's  Chris- 
tian Association  was  established,  and  its  growth  from  the  beginning  has  been 
almost  entirely  through  gifts. 

REGULATIONS. — Open  from  9  a.  ta.-g  p.  m.  to  members  only. 

RESOURCES. — About  500  vols.  Besides  a  few  reference  books  the  collection  is 
made  up  largely  of  fiction  with  a  few  dealing  with  religious  subjects. 


NAME  INDEX 


[The  numbers  refer  to  items,  not  to  pages] 


Allison,  T.  Ellis 13  i 

Ambler,  Sarah 105 

Ames,  Anne  Seymour 84 

Ashley,  F.  W 3* 

Babcock,  Charles  Edwin 29 

Baud,  Prof.  Spencer  F 114  ' 

Barnett,  Claribel  R zt 

Barrett,  John 29: 

Beall,  Mrs.  Mary  Stevens 27  ;• 

Beddey,  John 3*  ' 

Bell,  Alexander  Graham 128  ' 

Bell,  Charles  J 107! 

Billings,  Dr.  John  Shaw 18, 121 

Bishop,  W.  W 3*>34  ! 

Bowerman,  George  F 107  I 

Bowie,  Harriet  O 83! 

Boyd,  A.  R 3' 

Boyd,  Dorothea  W 35  ' 

Boyd,  Leroy  Stafford 71  i 

Boyden,  William  L «9  • 

Boyle,  Mrs.  Egerton  R 12  , 

Brandon,  Julia  B 76  , 

Brockett,  Paul 1141 

Brooks,  C.  H 130 

Brown,  Ralph  M 25 

Bruncken,  Ernest 31 

Bulkley,  Dr.  C.  H.  R 61 

Burns,  Res.  James 59 

Carnegie,  Andrew 29,49,61, 107  ' 

Casey,  Gen.  Edward  P 31 

Cassidy,  John  Irvin 81  ; 

Cheesman,  William  H a  ; 

Cheney,  James  W 129 

Clark,  Thomas  H 127 

Colcord.  Mabel 2  I 

Coles.  Mn.  C.  S 68 

Cook,  M.  S 66 

Coppee,  Mrs.  Mary  B 21 

Corcoran,  William  W 103 

Crafts,  Mr*.  Wilbur  F 70 

Crawford,  Maj.  Charles 10 

Crocker,  Mrs.  Maja 124 

Cross,  Anne  Gunnell 18 

Darwin,  Charles  C 47 

Davies,  Margaret  D 14 

Davis,  Miss  M.  H 135 

De  Land,  Fred 128 

Devitt,  Rez.  Edward  1 5» 

Dodge,  Esther 20 

Doonan,  Margaret 2 

Draper,  Anne  E 2 

Elliott,  Rev.  Walter,  C.  S.  P 7 

Fanti,  A 117 

Farnum,  Jessica  L 31 

Fegan,  Hugh  J 51 

Feldkamp,  Cora  L a 

Fisher.  H.  T 102 

Flint,  Weston 102, 107 


Freeby,  Harriet 49 

Gatewood,  Dr.  J.  D 94 

Giffin,  Etta  Josslyn 87 

Gilbert,  Eva  Nelson 103 

Gill,  Dr.  Theodore 114 

Gilliss,  Lieut.  J.  M 95 

Georgelin.  Res.  F .• 78 

Goergen,  Rer4J-  J 79 

Goetz,  Mina 123 

Goodwin.  Edward  C 113 

Grant,  Thomas 131 

Greely,  Brig.  Gen.  A.  W 129 

Green,  Bernard  R .» 31 

Griffin,  A.  P.  C 31 

Haferkorn,  Henry  E 38 

Hammond.  Surg.  Gen .  William  G.  121 

Harkness,  Prof.  William 95 

Hanis.H.J 31 

,  Hassler,  F.  R 25 

Hastings,  C.H 31 

Hayward,  Louise 2 

Hedrick,  Ret.  John  T.,  S.  J 50 

.  Heinzel,  Prof.  Richard 49 

Hendley,  William 35 

Hensley,  Mrs.  A.  G 84 

Hewett,  Grace  Liscom 61 

Hill,  Mrs.  Lillian 41 

Hirst,  Anthony  A 50 

Holden.  Prof.  Edward  S 95 

Horigan.  William  D 95 

Hough,  Mrs.  Louise  S 56 

Houghton,  C.  C 33 

Hubbard,  Prof.  Joseph  S 95 

Hunsmger,  B.  E 136 

Hunt,  Gaillard 31 

;  Hunt.  Father  Godfrey 44 

;  Hutcheson,  David 31 

Imhoff ,  Ono  Mary 69 

Jefferson.  Thomas 31 

Jewett,  Prof.  Charles  C 114 

Jillson,  W.  E 102 

Johnson,  Flora  L.  P 61 

Johnston,  Richard  H 108 

"  Johnston,  W.  D 31 

Jones,  Myron  J 136 

Kearney,  George '72 

Kober,  Dr.  George  M 52 

Lane,  Dr.  Francis  R 19 

Lamer,  John  B 107 

Leary,  Ella 3 

Lepley,  William  H 16 

Lovell,  Surg.  Gen.  Joseph 121 

McCarthy,  H.  C 60 

McCord,  Julia  L.  V 47 

McCulloch,  Lieut.  Col.  Champe 

i  C-.jr 121 

MacDonald,  Rose  M 42 


6l 


62 


LIBRARY   OF   CONGRESS 


McDonnell,  Rev.  E.  De  L.,  S.  J. . .  54 

McGee,  Dr.  Anita  Newcomb 91 

McGuire,  Frederick  B 32 

McNeal,  Rer.  Mark  J.,  S.  J 50 

Magruder,  Patrick • 31 

Mann,  Laura  N : 19 

Maria  Patricia,  Sister 126 

Marsland,  Agnes  E 99 

Mattel,  Charles 31 

Martin,  Brother no 

Masterson,  D.  S 106 


5° 


Matthews,  M.  Alice 

Meehan,  John  Silva 

Mercer,  M.  Barton 

Meriam,  W 

Meyer,  H.  H.  B 

Miller,  J.  De  Witt 

Morgan,  James  Ethelbert 

Morrison,  Frank 4 

Naylor,  Horace  S 58 

Nichols,  Dr.  D.  B '. 61 

North,  S.  N.  D 18 

Northrop,  Helen 28 

Nourse,  Prof.  Joseph  E 95 

Noyes,  Theodore  W 107 

Oberly,  Eunice  R 2 

Oehscn,  Herman  von 9 

Ogden,  E.  Lucy a 

Osborn,  Rev.  Albert. .  .• 6 

Park,  Mrs.  Emily  Hendree 91 

Parkins,  Miss  A.  M 100 

Parkins,  Miss  E.  H 100 

Parsons,  A.  J 31 

Paul,  Henry  M 95 

Peabody,  George 103 

Pelz,  Paul  J 31 

Perley,  C.  W 31 

Perry,  R.  Ross 107 

Phillips,  P.  Lee 31,80 

Pike,  Gen.  Albert 119 

Powell,  G.  H 98 

Prince,  H.  L 102 

Putnam,  Dr.  Herbert 31, 107 


Qualtrough,  Lieut.  Edward  F. . . 

Rawson,  Prof.  E.  K 

Reamey,  Lieut.  Lazarus  L 

Reilly,  Rev.  Thomas  a  K.,  O.  P. 

Richards,  Clara  Alida 

Riggs,  Elisha  Francis 

Ritter,  A.  H 

Rohwer,  S.  A 

Rush,  Comdr.  Richard 

Sale,  L.  D 102 

Schaeffer.  G.  E 102 

Schick,  Mary  E 115 

Schilling,  Father  Godfrey 44 

Schley,  J.  L 8 


Schmidt,  Alfred  Francis  William.  49 

Scudder,  N.  P 89 

Sellers,  Kathryn 15 

Shandelle,  Rev.  Henry  J.,  S.  J. . . .  50 

Sheppard,  H.  Raymond 46 

Sherman,  Caroline  B 2 

Shriver,  Frederick 52 

Slade,  W.  A 31 

Small,  Herbert 31 

Smithmeyer,  John  L : .  31 

Smithson,  James 114 

Snifien,  William  W a 

Snyder,  Dorothy  De  Muth 77 

Solberg,  Thorvald 31 

Soley,  Prof.  James  R 96 

Somers,  Mrs.  Elizabeth  J 84 

Sonneck,  O.  G.  T 31 

Spofford,  Ainsworth  Rand 31, 107 

Spofford,  Mrs.  Edith  F 82 

Stafford,  Wendell  P 107 

Stephenson,  John  G 31 

Sternberg,  Mrs.  George  M 91 

Stewart,  Charles  West 96, 116 

Stockbridge,  Helen  E 2 

Strait,  Newton  A 104 

Swanton,  Frederick 133 

Swedenborg,  Emanuel 133 

Talcott,  Mrs.  E.  Maud 23 

Talman,  Prof.  C.  Fitzhugh 134 

Tappan,  Lewis 61 

Taylor,  W.  B 102 

Thompson,  J.D 31 

Thompson,  Laura  A 22 

Thurston,  Ernest  L 107 

Tonner,  John  A 109 

Triepel,  Emma  M.  V 125 


Turner.  W.  W 102 

Turner,  Rev.  Dr.  William '17 

Tyler,  Irene  C 61 

Ufford,  Walter  S n 

Wachsmuth,  Prof.  Curt 49 

Warner,  B.  H 107 

Warner,  Mrs.  Henrietta 97 

Watterston,  George 31 

Weeks,  F.  B 47 

Whitehead,  R.  F 101 

Whitney,  Edward 43 

Wilson,  Lieut.  John  C 95 

Wilson,  Mrs.  Kate  B 18 

Windoin.  W.  D 118 

Wise,  Lieut.  Comdr.  Fred  M 96 

Wolcott,  Dr.  John  D 36 

Wolfe,  L.  S 102 

Woodward,  S.  W 107 

Yanes,  Francisco  J 29 

Yardley,  Lieut.  George  E 95 

Young,  John  Russell 31 


SUBJECT  INDEX 


(The  numbers  refer  to  items,  not  to  pases] 


Aeronautics 

Agriculture 


Entomology 

Ethnology. 


American  literature . 


Animal  industry 

Anthropology 

Aquicultnre 

Archaeology.  American 

Architecture 

Ascetics 

Astronomy.. 

Astrophysics 

Atlases.  .  . 

Bacteriology 


3« 

31.81.107 
31 


31.81.107 
..  2.31.40 
3-3* 


Bibliography 

Biology 

Blind 

Botany 

Business 

Canon  law 


3-31 
41 

3.31-89 

31.  irS 

17.50 

25.31-50-95 

31.95.114 

3« 

31,  94 
12.31 
31 
2,31 
3»**7 
2.31.89 
20,31 
44-50 


Cartography  ..................  25-31-47 

Catholic  books  ...................     1,7, 

16,17,31,44,50.53,54,591 

63,  64,  78,  79,  IOT-  HC-I12.  126 

Central  America  .................  29.31 

Charities  .........................  11.31 

Chemistry  .............  2,  17.31,  102,  117 

Child  welfare.  ....................  22.31 

Children's  books...  .....  .  .......  31-107 

Chinese  ..........................        31 

Christian  science  .................  23,31 

Civil  engineering  ...........  3I.37-3&.39 

Civil  service  .....................  24,31 

Civil  War  ...................  31.  104,  129 

Climatology  .....................  31?  (34 

Chib  libraries  ..............  .  8.34,80,90 

College  and  university  libraries.  .  .        6, 
10,17.38-49.50-61 
20.30.31.43 
Corporation  law  ..................  31.33 

Cuba  .............................  31,68 

Daily  lug  .........................     2.31 

Deaf  mutes  ..................  28.31.  128 

Dietetics  .........................  51-51 

Diplomacy  ......................  31,  109 

Directories..  ..................  --        31 

District  of  Columbia  ......  27.31,50.107 

Documents  ........  r.  31.60.105.113.129 

Economics  .......................        31 

Education  ..  ..  ______  ...  ___  ...  ____  31,  36 

Electrical  engineering  ............  31-38 

Electricity  ......................  31,102 

Engineering.  See  Civil  engineer- 
ing. Electrical  engineering.  Hy- 
draulic engineering.  Mechanical 


Farm  iiuingeincnt ...  — ..........       2 

Finance. 20.31.05 

Fine  art 31,32. 50 

First  editions 31*81 

Fish  culture .. .. 42 

Folklore 31,119 

Foods 2,31 

Forestry 2,31 

Fortification 98 

Franciscan  oidei  ._.._.._;._ 44 

Freemasonry 31,58,97,119 

French 31 

Game  preservation 2,31 

Genealogy 31.50.91.116 

Geodesy 15,31 

Geography 31,86 

Geology 3**47 

Geophysics 31,48 

German 3I.-49 

Greek 31 '49, 50 

Hagiography 50 

Hawaiian  Islands- 31,68 

Hebraica 17-31-  H9 

History I7.3*j49r5o,io7 

History.  American 31,50,109 

Homilelics 17.50.112 

Horticulture a,3i 

Hunting 1,31 

Hydranfic  engineering 31-38-39 

Hydrobiology 42 

Hydrography 25,31,62 

Hygiene ,  31.94-106-121 

Ichthyology 31-42 

Immigration 31.65 

Incunabula 31-50 

Indian  languages 3-31-51 

lnHi»re 3,31,66 

Industrial  arts 31,102,107,117 

Insanity. 31.56-121 

Insects.    Sec  Entomology. 

International  law 15.31.49.109 

Interstate  commerce 31, 71 

Irrigation 2,31,47 

Italian 31 

Japanese 31 

Labor. 4.31.67.74-108 

Land  drainage 2,31,47 

Latin 17-31-49.50 

Latin  America 29,31 

Law 13-17.3*. 

49, 51, 61, 71,  72,92,  loo.  120,  1*7, 13* 

Law.  foreign 31, 109 

Lighthouses 3i»TS 

Limnology.... - ...........        49 

Liturgies 17.50.112 

63 


UBRARY   OF   CONGRESS 


Magnetism,  terrestrial 25,31,95 

Mammalogy 2,31 

Manual  training 31,  77 

Manuscripts 31, 109 

Maps  and  charts 25,31,47 

Markets 2,31 

Maryland  history 31 , 50 

Mathematics 25,31,95, 117 

Mechanical  engineering 31.38 

Medicine 9,31,49, 52,56,94, 106, 121 

Metallurgy 31, 102 

Meteorology 31.95. 134  j 

Mexico 29,31   i 

Military  hygiene 94  j 

Military  rosters 31, 104, 129  j 

Military  science 8,10,31,38,98,129  j 

Mineral  resources 31, 47, 82 

Mineralogy 31,47,89 

Mining 31,47,82 

Museums 3 1 , 89 

Mushrooms 2,31 

Music 31 

Napoleon 31, 114 

Naturalization 31, 93 

Naval  hygiene 3i>94>  121 

Naval  science 8, 31 , 96 

Navigation 25,31,62 

Negroes 31,61 

Neurology 31, 56, 121 

Newspapers 31 

Numismatics 31 

Oceanography 25,31,42 

Occultism 3i,99- 119.  124 

Ordnance 31,98,129 

Ornithology 2,31,89 

Paleontology 3i)47 

Parliamentary  procedure 31, 113 

Patents  and  patent  law 31, 100-102 

Patristics 17.31, 50, 59 

Peace 15,31 

Pedagogy 1,17,31.36.123 

Pharmacy 2,9,31,85,121 

Philippines 31 , 68 

Philology,  classical 31, 49, 50 

Philology,  Germanic 31, 49, 50 

Philosophy 17,31,50 

Philosophy,  scholastic .  31, 44, 50, 54, 126 

Physics 17,31,102,117 

Plant  industry 2,31 

Political  science 17.31. 49 


Porto  Rico 31,68 

Prints 31 

Psychiatry 31, 56, 121 

Railroads 31,71,108 

Reclamation 2, 31, 47 

Regimental  histories 31, 104, 129 

Religion 17,31,44,49,50,54, 59 

Roads 2,31 

Russian 31 

St.  Francis.   See  Franciscan  order. 

Sanskrit 31 

Scandinavian 31 

School  libraries i,  14, 

16,  19,  21,  35.4I.45.S3, 54.59, 63, 
64,  76-79,84,  IIO-H2, 123, 126, 135 

School  textbooks 31, 36 

Science 31,89, 102, 114,117 

Settlement  libraries 55, 107 

Shaker  literature 31 

Shipbuilding 31,96 

Slavery i 31, 61 

Slavic 31 

Social  service 11,31 

Sociology 31, 74 

Soils 2,31,47 

South  America 29, 31 

Spanish 31 

Spanish- American  War 31, 104, 129 

Statistics 18,31 

Statistics,  agricultural 2,31 

Statistics,  labor 31, 74 

Surgery 9,31,121 

Surveying 25.31.47 

Swedenborgianism 31, 133 

Tariff 31.127 

Technology 31, 102, 107, 117 

Topography 25,31,47 

Trade  unions 4.31. 74 

Transportation 31, 71, 108 

Tropical  medicine 31. 94. 121 

Trusts  and  corporations 31.33. 7* 

Veterinary  medicine 26,  i26a 

War 15,31,129 

Washington,  D.  C.    See  District 

of  Columbia. 
Weather.    See  Meteorology. 

Weights  and  measures 31,  w  7 

West  Indies 31,68 

Zoology 31.89 


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